ifconfig ... adhoc

[mro]

I wonder why

$ doas ifconfig wlan0 destroy
$ doas ifconfig wlan0 create wlandev iwm0 wlanmode adhoc
ifconfig: SIOCIFCREATE2 (wlan0): Operation not supported

gives me operation not supported. Isn't adhoc supposed to be supported?

What I want, is to directly connect my Thinkpad x250 and another device via wifi and no other hardware involved.

 

[balanga]

ifconfig()

 wlanmode    mode
           Specify the operating mode for this cloned device.  mode    is one
           of  sta,     ahdemo     (or  adhoc-demo),  ibss  (or  adhoc),    ap (or
           hostap),    wds, tdma, mesh, and monitor.  The operating mode of a
           cloned interface    cannot be changed.  The    tdma mode is  actually
           implemented as an adhoc-demo interface with special properties.

Not sure if this means adhoc is an alternative to ibss


Maybe this will help:-

Documentation for FreeBSD

www.bsdbasement.com

 

[mro]

thanks, but doesn't bring me there yet.

 

[Cath O'Deray]

TIL the meaning of sta