Re: [Aironet] Aironet 4800 Adhoc Mode under Linux

[Thomas J. <janausch@RTNA.DaimlerChrysler.COM>]

Thanks for all the feedback on this issue.  I finally got everything
working, although it wasn't a driver or hardware problem at all.

we are using apple airports here at the office and those basically extend
our local network to the mobiles.  When switching to adhoc mode I didn't
change the IP addresses of the machines and I think that confused the driver
or some network component, because we have those airports broadcasting the
traffic on our network.  I then changed the IP addresses to some other
network and it worked right away.  I found out that it always works unless I
use any of the local IP addresses.  I'm now using 192.168.0.... and adhoc
mode works just fine.

thanks for all you support and suggestions.
/ThJ

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jean-Pierre Ebert" <eb...@ee...>
To: "Thomas Janausch" <janausch@RTNA.DaimlerChrysler.COM>
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 1:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Aironet] Aironet 4800 Adhoc Mode under Linux


> Dear Thomas,
>
> I have several Sony Vaio Laptops working running Linux and using
> Aironets 4800 PCMCIA.
> Ad hoc mode does not cause any problem. It seems, that you have a driver
> or firmware problem. Try the newest pcmcia card services and the driver
> from Ben. If that does not work. try an firmware update. If your card
> still work with 100mW, this will be reduced to 50 mW after the update.
>
> Im using linux kernel 2.2.14 and pcmcia card services xxxx_3.15 all
> newer versions of that should be al right.
>
> --
> JP
>
>
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been looking for an answer to my question for a while and it seems
> > nobody ever had to deal with this.
> >
> > I have 2 Sony mobiles equipped with Aironet 4800 cards and they work
just
> > fine (Linux and Windows 98) when connecting to our Apple Airport.
> >
> > I now wanted the two laptops to talk to each other in adhoc mode.
Windows
> > 98 seems to be able to handle that perfectly.  Linux on the other hand
does
> > not.  I set the SSID and the Mode: adhoc for both cards and when I then
ping
> > the other machine it is found on the network and 1 package is sent
across.
> > all others from there on are lost.
> > It seems that I can only send 1 package (most likely the first one)
across
> > during each ping.  I do NOT get an 'Destination Host Unreachable' error
> > message though, just "silence".
> >
> > Does anybody have any idea what causes that obviously Linux related
problem?
> > Do I need to change any network or gateway settings also?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Thomas
>