linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] staging: r8712u: Fix driver to support ad-hoc mode

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Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2011 02:05:56 +0800
From:	Jeff Chua <jeff.chua.linux@...il.com>
To:	Larry Finger <Larry.Finger@...inger.net>
Cc:	clemens fischer <ino-news@...tteswoode.dnsalias.org>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>, wlanfae@...ltek.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] staging: r8712u: Fix driver to support ad-hoc mode

On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 11:31 PM, Larry Finger
<Larry.Finger@...inger.net> wrote:
> On 04/28/2011 10:08 AM, clemens fischer wrote:
>> This patch doesn't solve my problem[1], unfortunately.  I am using
>> iwconfig(8) to setup things, and it is still impossible to set the ESSID
>> and the power saving mode.  In my case it was even possible to get into
>> Ad-hoc mode without the patch and without ever beeing associated.

iwconfig doesn't work by itself to set adhoc mode (I haven't figure
why either). You can get into "adhoc mode", but you won't see
ESSID:XXXX.

Can you please try "wpa_supplicant" instead?


Jeff
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