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Re: howto WLAN, several subnets

2003-11-20 17:25:42
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"Alexandru" == Alexandru Petrescu 
<alexandru(_dot_)petrescu(_at_)motorola(_dot_)com> writes:
    Alexandru> If my node has mode "managed" it will never attach to laptop
    Alexandru> nodes  
    Alexandru> having same key same essid but mode ad-hoc. 

  No, that's isn't true.
  It is true for:
     "ad-hoc"  = Lucent Ad-HOC mode (deprecated)

  but not true for:
     "ad-hoc"  = 802.11 IBSS mode

  In fact, the client can't tell the difference between IBSS and BSS.
  Nor can Linux systems become IBSS systems without something like "hostap"

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]   Michael Richardson,    Xelerance Corporation, Ottawa, ON    |net architect[
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