Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f208.google.com ([209.85.219.208]:58812 "EHLO mail-ew0-f208.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751823AbZJXX1F convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:27:05 -0400 Received: by ewy4 with SMTP id 4so2649298ewy.37 for ; Sat, 24 Oct 2009 16:27:08 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <1256052469.6550.7.camel@kpucynski-laptop> References: <1256052469.6550.7.camel@kpucynski-laptop> Date: Sun, 25 Oct 2009 02:27:08 +0300 Message-ID: <40f31dec0910241627i5dec6d33g57af6a1104bce91c@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Wrong BSSID generation in IBSS mode with ath5k From: Nick Kossifidis To: =?UTF-8?Q?Karol_Pucy=C5=84ski?= Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 2009/10/20 Karol Pucyński : > Hi > > I have IBSS network (based on ath5k cards). > With the same channel/essid set cards often can't "negotiate" the > same BSSID. Two nodes beside each other both create new IBSS networks > and they are not trying to merge. > Workaround: forcing BSSID with iw does work. > > Do you know what can be the reason of this problem? > > Tested on 2.6.31 kernel. May be related to my earlier problem 'ath5k > IBSS fixed rate'... > > Best regards > -- > Karol Pucyński > 7bulls.com Sp. z o.o. > kpucynski@7bulls.com > In my tests i had to force a scan on one of the cards (so that it knows what cells are active) and then set the essid. Does that work for you ? -- GPG ID: 0xD21DB2DB As you read this post global entropy rises. Have Fun ;-) Nick