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From: Holger Schurig <holgerschurig@googlemail.com>
To: Jonathan Guerin <jonathan@guerin.id.au>
Subject: Re: ath5k Ad Hoc Association
Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:50:48 +0200
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> iw phy phy0 interface add wlan0 type adhoc
> iw wlan0 set channel 36
> iwconfig wlan0 channel 36
> iwconfig wlan0 essid txctest

I can't think of ANY reason why you do that. Use "iw", not "iwconfig". 

All the last three commands should be replaced with one single "iw dev wlan0 
ibss join myibss XXXX", where XXXX is the frequency for channel 36. If in 
doubt what this is, just do "iw list" and you'll see it.