On Tue, 2008-12-23 at 01:32 +0100, Fabio Rossi wrote: > I was trying to test the ad-hoc mode with my wireless nic (p54 driver, latest > wireless-testing git) but I get the following error result: > > # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : > SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported. > > The documentation page on linuxwireless.org states that the ad-hoc mode should > be supported: what's wrong? I think you need to install crda: http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/Regulatory/CRDA Once CRDA is installed, use "iw" to set your regulatory domain. Without CRDA, the kernel uses very conservative rules that don't allow beaconing and thus the ad-hoc mode. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
