[maemo-developers] How to setup ad-hoc wireless network N770 <> PC Windows XP ? (pls don't delete)

[From: José Luís]

Hi,

To set ssid you have to do:
iwconfig wlan0 essid <yourssid>


On 11/1/07, Darius Jack <dariusjack2006 at yahoo.ie> wrote:
>
> Hi Quim,
> Hi others,
>
> already spent more than 24 hors trying to setup ad-hoc wireless network,
> connecting N770 to PC running XP Windows (no router, no AP).
>
> I can connect from N770 to PC linked with local-IP address.
> Setting up DHCP on PC  169.254.165.115 , 169.254.1.5  are assigned to
> wireless lan pci card and none to N770 .
>
> Tested the following script from http://770hax.today.com/
> ...
> creating an ad-hoc network<http://770hax.today.com/2007/08/20/creating-an-ad-hoc-network/> August
> 20th, 2007 by 4d770
> ....
> ifdown wlan0
> ifconfig wlan0 169.254.1.9
> iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
> iwconfig wlan0 ssid <yourssid>
> iwconfig wlan0 channel 1
> ifconfig wlan0 up
>
> but
> iwconfig wlan0 ssid <yourssid> doesn't work on maemo
> $ sudo gainroot
>
> i get error
> Error: unrecognized wireless request "ssid"
>
> Should I set static IP address on PC like suggested
> Click *next > Advanced.*  In the IP Addresses tab uncheck Auto-retrieve IP
> address and put in:
> IP address: *169.254.1.5*
> Subnet mask: *255.255.0.0*
> Router *169.254.1.1*
> Click *OK*.
> don't run software router.
> N770 connects to PC with no IP address assigned , so I can't run TVersity.
> Could you help me ?
>
> Thanks.
> Darius
>
>
>
>
>
> *Quim Gil <quim.gil at nokia.com>* wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We are near to implement user karma in maemo.org. Like most karma
> systems, it is used as a nice add-on to promote and show off those
> investing time and energies in the project.
>
> We are fine tuning the equation, that currently takes into account the
> activity in several corners of maemo.org:
>
> - your applications in Downloads, the more stars they receive the more
> karma you get.
>
> - your evaluation and comments in Downloads
>
> - your participation in garage projects
>
> - your activity in mailing lists (IMPORTANT: requires that your email
> address is the same than in your maemo account)
>
> - your wiki pages (created only, edited would take too much resources to
> scan - sorry).
>
> - your blog posts aggregated in planet - favs and buries affect your
> karma.
>
> - your evaluation of posts in News
>
>
> In the near future we plan to include more maemo-related data:
>
> - your activity in garage projects (retrieving data from GForge is not
> simple and we decided to go first for the Midgard-related chunk)
>
> - your activity in bugzilla (same thing, IMPORTANT: requires that your
> email address is the same than in your maemo account)
>
> We could also add direct evaluation from users to users following the
> same 5 star schema of Downloads (the fav/bury of News would be too hard
> isn't it?) :)
>
>
> We are also open to retrieve data from external services i.e. Internet
> Tablet Talk or Ohloh.net. For that we need an API or a way to get
> numbers from users, and way for users to claim identity in these
> services.
>
> Ideas and suggestions are welcome.
>
> --
> Quim Gil - http://maemo.org
>
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José Luís do Nascimento
Mestrando em Engenharia Elétrica
Laboratório de Sistemas Embarcados e Computação Pervasiva
UFCG - Campina Grande
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