ifconfig versus wiconfig?

[John Klos]

Hi, all,

Years ago I set up a Lucent Wavelan wireless card in access point mode on
NetBSD. It worked fine. Now, I have the same exact wireless card on a
NetBSD 4 system, but neither the documentation nor Google nor the mailing
lists can help me figure out how to configure my card in AP mode.

ifconfig wi0 mediaopt hostap doesn't work. wiconfig is missing many
options. Every example I can find on the internet uses "hostap".

Does anyone have a clue they'd be willing to share?

John

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[David Young]

Post by John Klos
Hi, all,
Years ago I set up a Lucent Wavelan wireless card in access point mode on
NetBSD. It worked fine. Now, I have the same exact wireless card on a
NetBSD 4 system, but neither the documentation nor Google nor the mailing
lists can help me figure out how to configure my card in AP mode.
ifconfig wi0 mediaopt hostap doesn't work. wiconfig is missing many
options. Every example I can find on the internet uses "hostap".
Does anyone have a clue they'd be willing to share?

I am confident that your Lucent WaveLAN card did not ever operate in
access point mode on NetBSD. Maybe you were using an Intersil Prism-based
card, instead?

Dave

[David Young]

Post by David Young

Post by John Klos
Hi, all,
Years ago I set up a Lucent Wavelan wireless card in access point mode on
NetBSD. It worked fine. Now, I have the same exact wireless card on a
NetBSD 4 system, but neither the documentation nor Google nor the mailing
lists can help me figure out how to configure my card in AP mode.
ifconfig wi0 mediaopt hostap doesn't work. wiconfig is missing many
options. Every example I can find on the internet uses "hostap".
Does anyone have a clue they'd be willing to share?

I am confident that your Lucent WaveLAN card did not ever operate in
access point mode on NetBSD. Maybe you were using an Intersil Prism-based
card, instead?

It is also possible that you were running your WaveLAN card in 802.11
ad hoc mode,

ifconfig wi0 media auto mediaopt adhoc

or in Lucent's "ad hoc demo" mode:

ifconfig wi0 media auto mediaopt adhoc,flag0

For certain purposes, ad hoc (demo) mode and an AP are alike.

Dave