In message <200303121125.MAA0000320530@zel459.zel.kfa-juelich.de>, Matthias Dro
chner writes:
>
>kind of me-too:
>
>dyoung@pobox.com said:
>> You are using firmware 1.4.2 on the AP, aren't you? 1.4.2 broke
>> HostAP. 1.4.9 fixes it.
>
>I've got a
>wi0 at pcmcia0 function 0: Cabletron, RoamAbout 802.11 DS, Version 01.01
>wi0: 802.11 address 00:e0:63:50:29:ab
>wi0: using Lucent Technologies, WaveLAN/IEEE
>wi0: Lucent Firmware: Station (6.0.1)
>wi0: supported rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
>
>This is obviously a completely different version number space -- is there
>any hope to get that thing into hostap mode?
>(or a compatible ad-hoc mode, as last resort)
>

I've used IBSS mode.  Here's what I posted six months ago:

Date:    Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:19:54 EDT
To:      Jukka Marin <jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi>
cc:      NetBSD Users <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>

From:    "Steven M. Bellovin" <smb@research.att.com>
Subject: Re: NetBSD<->wlan<->win95? 

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In message <20021017133237.GA13989@pyy.jmp.fi>, Jukka Marin writes:
>Dear List,
>
>I tried to get a win95 laptop talking to NetBSD 1.6 using Lucent
>Orinoco WLAN cards.  Neither system can see the other.  I tried
>with and without encryption.  NetBSD was in adhoc mode and win95
>in peer-to-peer mode (I assume this is the correct mode?).
>
>Two NetBSD systems can talk to each other, but the windoze box
>can't see the network at all.
>
>Should this work or is it impossible with the current wi driver?
>

That's not the way to do it.  You could put them both in ad hoc mode, 
or you can easily turn the NetBSD machine into a quasi-base station 
with the '-q networkname -c 1' options to wiconfig.  The latter starts 
up IBSS mode.

You need new-enough firmware on the NetBSD system's card.  See
http://www.live.com/wireless/unix-base-station.html for more 
information.



		--Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb (me)
		http://www.wilyhacker.com (2nd edition of "Firewalls" book)