Re: Ad-Hoc Wi-Fi Network Setup

[Camaleón <noelamac@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 27 May 2011 19:17:06 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote:

> On Fri, 27 May 2011 15:49:39 +0000 (UTC), Camaleón writes:
>> On Fri, 27 May 2011 17:44:36 +0300, Volkan YAZICI wrote:
>>
>>> I'm trying to setup an ad-hoc Wi-Fi network, but having trouble to get
>>> it working. Below are the steps I follow.
>>> 
>>>   foo# iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc chan 11 essid inci foo# ifconfig
>>>   wlan0 192.168.1.1
>>> 
>>>   bar# iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc chan 11 essid inci bar# ifconfig
>>>   wlan0 192.168.1.2
>>>   bar# ping 192.168.1.1 -I wlan0
>>> 
>>> But ping fails miserably. What might I be missing? (See the detailed
>>> command outputs in the attachment.)
>>
>> (...)
>>
>> Just in case, I would follow these steps:
>>
>> http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/AdHoc#Manual_Method
> 
> As far as I checked, they are exactly the same steps.

It can be trivial but did you also restart the "wlan0" interfaces?

Greetings,

-- 
Camaleón