Thorsten Jungblut <tjungbluuni-koblenz.de> writes:

> there is a chance to get the cards working without ad-hoc mode AND without
> anything like an AP, i guess that its a general failure in the
> 802.11b-specs:
>
> setup a card (perhaps in a windows-pc) using the new 802.11b-compliant
> adhoc mode and power up this card first. this card will create something
> that is called "ibss"..

I was hoping not having to run Windows anywhere...

> then setup a second card, using infrastructured mode.
>
> i dont know why, but this card can connect the other one, whatever
> essid is set in either card... if you dont use wep, this is a reasonable
> security hole...
>
> i used a wl100 with win in new adhc mode and an airlancer mc11 in
> "managed" mode and they connected with ANY essid set at the wl100...
>
> i would like to here, if this is working generally, and why...

Sounds strange. But thanks for the tip. I'll see if I can borrow a
Windows-PC and get it to work.

> > (sorry about the reference-less mail. My list subscription hasn't
> > started working yet, so I'm reading the list from the web archive)
>
> be sure to send EVERY mail to absoval.com and NOT to nightsky.com !!!!!
> (a little configuration error in the list-server ! :)

Ah, thanks. The request for confirmation came from majordomonightsky.com
so I sent the confirmation there. Started to wonder how many days it
could take....

Bjørn
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