Re: [Madwifi-users] WG311

[silas b. <spi...@ho...>]

Hello Robert,

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>From: Robert Bartl <rob...@ai...>
>Reply-To: Robert Bartl <rob...@ai...>
>To: "" <mad...@li...>
>Subject: Re: [Madwifi-users] WG311
>Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2003 18:51 CEST
>
>
>i tried the standard wireless tools commands already.
>another ip but apart from that i did the same.
>
>but neither my notebook nor my other pc with a MA401 (Prism2) can find the 
>Access Point.
>
>the other way round the same (Prism2 is the Access Point).
>the wg311 doesnt find the access point :(
>
>i started wlansniff and saw some packets from the other hosts (in each 
>way).
>therefor the radio seems to work..
>
>i read the wg311 and wag511 are similar...
>which kernel and madwifi version did you use. perhaps the wg311 doesnt like 
>my kernel..
>
>bye, robert.
>
>
>
>Stefan Smietanowski writes:
>>Hi.
>>
>>>I just got a WG311 and installed this Driver, but i can't get 
>>>ad-hoc/master mode to work.
>>>Are there any settings/ways to get the WG311 to be a access point ?
>>
>>To let it just be an access point:
>>
>>if you need it :
>>modprobe ath_pci
>>I just do from here:
>>ifconfig ath0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
>>iwconfig ath0 mode master
>>iwconfig ath0 essid ste
>>
>>There you are, that should get you going. Yes, I know you can combine
>>lines into fewer but I do this so I can throw an "iwconfig" between each
>>line when I do it manually.
>>
>>If you want it to act as a network bridge you need to have bridging
>>enabled in the kernel and have bridge-tools installed.
>>
>>The full everything is (short form this time):
>>
>>modprobe ath_pci 		# (if needed)
>>ifconfig ath0 0.0.0.0 up	# Set ip to 0.0.0.0 so it doesn't
>>				# interfer with the bridge
>>ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0		# Dito
>>iwconfig ath0 mode master essid ste	# Self-explanatory
>>brctl addbr br0			# Create the bridging device
>>				# without anything attached to it
>>brctl addif ath0		# Add device "ath0" to the bridge
>>brctl addif eth0		# Add device "eth0" to the bridge
>>ifconfig br0 192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0	# Give it an ip
>>
>>Voilá. Works for me if I don't enable WEP, then it all dies.
>>I'm using the Netgear WAG511.
>>
>>// Stefan
>>
>>
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