[Gumstix-users] Ad-Hoc Mode Issues...

[Elwren <dmc...@gm...>]

I'm trying to put my gumstix (using a robostix, verdex xm4, and
netwifimicroSD-FCC setup) in ad-moc mode and be able to communicate with it
with my laptop.

My /etc/network/interfaces has:

auto wlan0                                                     
iface wlan0 inet static                                        
        pre-up /sbin/iwconfig $IFACE mode Ad-Hoc essid gums 100m
        address 192.168.100.101                                 
        netmask 255.255.255.0 


On my gumstix I run:
root@gumstix: iwconfig

which gives...

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     MRVL-CF8385  ESSID:"gums"  Nickname:""
          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Cell: 02:2A:1A:29:9D:28   
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   
          Retry limit:8   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr=2346 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0/10  Signal level:-2 dBm  Noise level:-2 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:3883
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0


and
root@gumstix: ifconfig

which gives...
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 36:49:4C:71:92:90  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:131 DMA chan:ff 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:4491 (4.3 KiB)  TX bytes:4491 (4.3 KiB)


Does anybody have an idea as to why I am not getting my wlan0 IP address
whenever I run ifconfig?  Am I missing a step or not understanding something
correctly?

Thanks in advance!  


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