On Wed, 2011-10-12 at 01:29 -0400, Antoine Beaupré wrote:
> Package: linux-2.6
> Version: 2.6.39-3~bpo60+1
> Severity: normal
> Tags: upstream
>
> Hi,
>
> The documentation for the rtl8192ce driver explicitely mentions that
> it supports ad-hoc mode, yet, on the rtl8188CE card I have here (which
> is advertised as supported both by the upstream driver and the driver
> in the linux source), the ad-hoc mode yields this error:
>
> root@angela:/home/anarcat# iwconfig wlan0 mode Ad-hoc essid foo
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy.
[...]
Can you create an ad-hoc interface like this:
iw dev wlan0 interface add wlan1 type adhoc
(you'll need the iw package).
Ben.
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Ben Hutchings
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