[WLANware] Associating with olsr-dhcp from linux

[elektra]

> You mix ap and essid here?
>
>   
I did mix the terms ESSID and BSSID/IBSSID, sorry. The BSSID (*B*asic 
*S*ervice *S*et *ID*entifier or Cell-ID) is idential with the MAC 
address of the Accesspoint (*I*ndependent  *B*asic *S*ervice *S*et 
*ID*entifier) in an infrastructure network, for Ad-Hoc the equivalent 
IBSSID (*I*ndependent  *B*asic *S*ervice *S*et *ID*entifier) has to be 
negotiated amongst the ad-hoc stations, which is a error prone process 
that fails frequently. The result is cell-splitting.

iwconfig names it simply Cell-ID, regardless whether it is ad-hoc or 
not, which may be less confusing...

Some wireless drivers allow you to fix the IBSSID for Ad-Hoc with the 
command

iwconfig <interface> ap 00:01:02:03:04:05

which is non-standard but can help you to fix cell-split issues.

Usually this command is used to bind a infrastructure station to a 
certain AP.

You can fix the IBSSID also with Freifunk Firmware in the Wireless 
settings menu, using the BSSID field.

cu elektra
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