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. -- Ben Hutchings If at first you don't succeed, you're doing about average.
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