Re: wrong fix? Re: [Madwifi-devel] fix for ad-hoc mode bug
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From: Paul v. G. <pau...@ri...> - 2004-01-07 20:20:47
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Thanks. I'll give that a try. Paul On Wed, Jan 07, 2004 at 12:09:36PM -0800, Amit Kucheria wrote: > Paul, > > I too have seen the interface die after a period of inactivity. This is > a quick fix to alleviate that problem - just disable the node removal > from the data structures. > > I understand that the correct fix would be to fix the beacon recv code > to rediscover the node, but I need more time to study that. > > /Amit > > On Thu, 2003-12-18 at 12:20, Paul van Gool wrote: > > On Thu, Dec 18, 2003 at 11:48:01AM -0800, Amit Kucheria wrote: > > > The fix (as I interpret it) causes every ad hoc node to go create its > > > own IBSS - hence they cannot communicate with each other, even though on > > > the same channel. Now, for some strange reason, (for me) it seems to > > > work on channel 1 but not on the others. > > That's not what I'm seeing. Eventhough when setting the device to channel 1 it > > goes to 11, ad-hoc mode does work then. And it also works on other channels. > > > > But after a while the interface seems to die, forcing me to reset the card > > in order to get stuff to work again. Still looking at that issue. > > > > Paul > -- > .| Amit Kucheria |. > ...| Wireless Systems Engineer |... > .....| Metric Systems Corp., San Diego, CA |..... > ......| www.metricsystems.com |...... > -- Paul van Gool Rincon Networks pau...@ri... (805)-705-1442 |