On Thu, 15 Apr 2004, Steven Scholz wrote:
> when my "ORiNOCO Classic GOLD PC Card" is set to Ad-Hoc mode, then I can
> change the channel using
>
> ~ # iwconfig eth1 channel 2
> eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
> eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)
>
> But if it's set to "Managed" then I get
>
> ~ # iwconfig eth1 mode Managed
> eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
> eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)
>
> ~ # iwconfig eth1 channel 3
> SIOCSIWFREQ: Operation not supported
>
> Is that normal?
Yes, it is. When the card is in the managed mode, the channel is set by
the access point. It would be worse if the driver accepted this setting
but did nothing or just dropped the connection.
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Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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