[wplug] setting the mode/ssid wlan0

[Alexandros Papadopoulos]

On Saturday 24 July 2004 10:31, aroon pahwa wrote:
> On Sat, July 24, 2004 2:43 am, Alexandros Papadopoulos said:
> > Try:
> > # iwconfig wlan0 essid rover
> > (this should work, confirm with iwconfig wlan0)
> >
> > Then,
> > # iwconfig wlan0 mode Ad-hoc  (with a capital "A", as seen in the
> > man page)
> > This is likely to fail.
> >
> > The reason seems to be, as reported by the error message, that
> > ad-hoc mode is not yet supported by this combination of
> > chipset/drivers.
> >
> > Look up the documentation for your card and the relevant driver to
> > be sure.
> >
> > -A
>
> so actually, I have tried just essid rover and that failed as well. 

There's something fishy going on here... it doesn't even accept the 
ESSID? Perhaps the interface wlan0 somehow maps to the wrong physical 
device?

-A