Subject: Re: [RFC/RFT] cfg80211/nl80211: add IBSS API
From: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
To: Alina Friedrichsen <x-alina@gmx.net>
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On Sun, 2009-04-19 at 16:41 +0200, Alina Friedrichsen wrote:
> Hello Johannes!
>=20
> > That's not what I was referring to -- and wext doesn't actually allow
> > what I'm referring to afaik.
>=20
> You must budget it, when you want implement the old wext code clean with =
cfg80211.
>=20
> > When you want to create an IBSS on channel 5, what do you do?
> >=20
> > I think you have to
> > 	iwconfig wlan0 essid test
> > 	iwconfig wlan0 channel 5
> > 	iwconfig wlan0 ap off # clear fixed channel bit
> >=20
> > which is ... weird.
>=20
> Why not make simply the following?
>=20
> iwconfig wlan0 channel 5
> iwconfig wlan0 essid test

That fixes the channel to 5.

johannes

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