Ad-Hoc problem...

[Dan Williams]

On Tue, 2007-12-18 at 12:28 +0530, Raghavendra. S wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  I tried testing for Ad-Hoc mode support with wpa supplicant-0.6.1.
> 
> wpa_supplicant.conf has following entries.
> ------------------------------start--------------------------------------------------------------
> ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
> ap_scan=2
> 
> network={
>         ssid="kk"
>         mode=1
>         frequency=2462
>         key_mgmt=NONE
> }
> ------------------------------start--------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> My iwlist scan result...
> 
> # iwlist eth0 scan
> eth0      Scan completed :
>           Cell 03 - Address: 02:E0:98:05:56:A6
>                     ESSID:"kk" [3]
>                     Mode:Ad-Hoc
>                     Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
>                     Quality:0/100  Signal level=-58 dBm  Noise level=-98 dBm
>                     Encryption key:off
>                     Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
> 
> 
> After enabling wpa supplicant as below, it is getting connected.
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> # ./wpa_supplicant -ieth0 -c ./files/wpa_supplicant.adhoc -Dwext -B
> ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Invalid argument
> ioctl[SIOCSIWPMKSA]: Invalid argument
> # iwconfig
> eth0      MRVL-SD8686  ESSID:"kk" [3]
>           Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Cell: 02:E0:98:05:62:CB
>           Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=13 dBm
>           Retry limit:8   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:160
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:379693
>           Tx excessive retries:234  Invalid misc:59670   Missed beacon:0
> 
> 
> 
> Now I modified ssid="gsdgdg" in wpa_supplicant.conf. still it is
> getting connected to some MAC, which is not displayed by "iwlist eth0
> scan"

The driver invents a BSSID.  The MAC you see (starting with 02:xxxxxx)
is created by the driver because that's sort of how Ad-Hoc mode works.

> Even tried by modifying frequency=162 or some junk value. now iwconfig
> had yield following result
> 
> # iwconfig
> eth0      MRVL-SD8686  ESSID:"gsdgdg"
>           Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Cell: 02:24:F4:14:0B:E7
>           Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=18 dBm
>           Retry limit:8   RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:160
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:621730
>           Tx excessive retries:494  Invalid misc:125970   Missed beacon:0
> 
> 
> Can any body tell me why this is happenning? Is it a bug in 0.6.1? or
> I am doing something wrong.

What's the actual problem here?  Its not clear to me what problem you're
really having...  It looks like it's working as expected.

Dan