ad-hoc works but master does not

Brian Sugar brian at sugar.tv
Sun Dec 8 16:52:14 EST 2002


I need NAT so that both machines can get on the network?  my problem is 
either the laptop can get to other machines or the access point can. if 
the laptop is online thru the ap then the ap can't see the network and 
vice versa.

ideally the ap can act normally (i can ssh to and from it, etc) plus it 
is an access point...meaning it's wireless clients can also get on the 
network. it seems that when the machine is acting as an ap it can not 
get on the network, etc.

i have iwconfig, etc

as soon as i "ifconfig br0 192.168.1.1 up" the access point comes off 
the network.




On Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 01:21  PM, Doug Yeager wrote:

> you probably need wireless tools installed on your AP to control 
> things like ipaddress and ssid, etc. of the AP...it gives you the 
> iwconfig command really.  you will also need dchpd installed and 
> configured (to hand out IP addresses on your wlan0).    you may also 
> need to build the kernel again for NAT (masquerade). i'm not sure if 
> default install of linux has this option turned on or not....anyone 
> know?    while your at it, might as well install DNS(named) to 
> translate domain names too.
>
>
> At 01:07 PM 12/08/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>> some more questions:
>>
>> how can the access point give out ips?
>> how do i set the ip of the access point?
>>
>>
>> On Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 01:00  PM, Brian Sugar wrote:
>>
>>> cool it worked!
>>>
>>> i can get online via my g4 powerbook.  next question - can i set the 
>>> ifconfig eth0???  how can i get to the access point via ssh or >>> http??
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sunday, December 8, 2002, at 12:37  PM, Doug Yeager wrote:
>>>
>>>> yep,
>>>> i do it successfully right now on two different machines using 
>>>> wmp11 pci card.
>>>> prism2_srec -rv wlan0 rf010506.hex
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 12:17 PM 12/08/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>>>>> i don't have a windows machine so i'll have to RAM upload...can i 
>>>>> do this with the wmp11?
>>>>>
>>>>> On Saturday, December 7, 2002, at 08:37  PM, Jason Boxman wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Saturday 07 December 2002 11:29 pm, Brian Sugar wrote:
>>>>>>> redhat 8.0 - master
>>>>>>> mac os x.2 - client
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> cannot see access point when redhat box is in master mode only in
>>>>>>> ad-hoc mode.  i have the non broadcom linksys wmp11 pci card 
>>>>>>> (1.4.2
>>>>>>> firmware) in the rh box.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> STA 1.4.2 is widely known to be quite busted.  You need to 
>>>>>> upgrade or
>>>>>> downgrade your firmware.  If you can't flash it, you can RAM 
>>>>>> upload 1.4.9.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Check out my HostAP 2002-10-12 howto:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> http://trekweb.com/~jasonb/articles/hostap_20021012.shtml
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> btw kernel 2.4.20
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> help, pls
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jason Boxman
>>>>>> Administrator TrekWeb.COM
>>>>>> http://trekweb.com/~jasonb/articles/ - Linux Pages
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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