ipw3945 in Ad-Hoc mode not working

[Ritesh Raj Sarraf <rrs@researchut.com>]

Hi,

I recently purchased a Dell XPS M1210 notebook.
It comes with Intel Pro Wireless 3945.

I am trying to configure it under Ad-Hoc mode.

Here's my settings:

iface eth2home inet static
        address 192.168.1.2
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.1.1
        dns-nameservers 202.88.156.6
        wireless-essid Home
        wireless-mode Ad-Hoc
        wireless-channel 3
        wireless-rate auto

With "iwconfig eth2" I notice that the device gets associated to the
proper "Home" network, but doing a ping to 192.168.1.1 results in:
Destination Host Unreachable.

My route -n is:
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth2
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth2
which I think is correct.

I don't think settings have any issue because the same network settings work
from Windows.

Has anyone been able to use ipw3945 in Ad-Hoc mode ?

Thanks,
Ritesh
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