Wireless Ad-hoc on ubuntu
Nils Kassube
kassube at gmx.net
Mon Apr 7 11:46:12 UTC 2008
Parlotti wrote:
> I have had to wrestle with the madwifi atheros drivers until I got em
> working. The recent brick wall I have run into is getting the wireless
> to join an xp based ad-hoc network. I have read around and tried to
> put the wireless card into ad-hoc mode but none seem to work.
Well, I had trouble to get 2 Windows machines to _reliably_ communicate
with ad-hoc mode. That doesn't mean it isn't possible, but I don't know
much about Windows. However there was no problem between Ubuntu
machines :)
Anyway, this is for the Ubuntu side - I can't tell you how I got the
Windows side working. In a terminal enter these commands:
sudo wlanconfig ath0 destroy
sudo wlanconfig ath0 create wlandev wifi0 wlanmode adhoc
sudo iwconfig ath0 essid "mywlan" channel 1 txpower 10
sudo ifconfig ath0 192.168.12.34 up
Modify the parameters according to your preferences. I didn't try WEP
encryption because it isn't secure anyway. But if you want to try it,
consult the iwconfig man page for the necessary parameters.
Nils
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