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List:       kismet-wireless
Subject:    Re: [KISMET] D-Link DWL-650 and ad-hoc mode
From:       Mike Kershaw <dragorn () nerv-un ! net>
Date:       2002-11-20 19:44:39
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You should probably ask on the wlan-ng list.

I know at one point the ability to do adhoc was tied to the firmware level
you had on your card, you may need to flash your cards to a newer level .

-m

On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 02:35:33PM -0500, Chuck Martin wrote:
> I don't know if this is off-topic here or not, but I'm not sure where
> else to ask, so please forgive me if it is.
> 
> I have two identical D-Link DWL-650 cards (the old style).  Both appear
> to work well in monitor mode with Kismet, and both appear to come up
> with no problems in infrastructure mode, although I don't have an access
> point to test this, but only one of them works in ad-hoc mode.  The
> other one says "IBSS not started, resultcode=not_supported" in my
> /var/log/messages file.  The only difference I can see is that next to
> the serial number on the card that works, it says "Rev.: I3", and on
> the card that doesn't work, it says "Rev.: I2".  I'm running Slackware
> 8.1 with a 2.4.19 kernel, linux-wlan-ng-0.1.15, and pcmcia-cs-3.2.1.
> Does anyone know how I can get ad-hoc mode working on this card?
> 
> Again, if this is the wrong place to ask this, I apologize, and would
> appreciate any pointers to where it would be more appropriate.  Thanks.
> 
> Chuck
> 

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