OK... Ive got two nodes in ad-hoc mode and olsr is detecting the running interface. Ive checked iwconfig and the cell is the same hex value. However, according to the httpinfo plugin, there is not link.<br><br>is there away to increase the output power? these cards supposidly support upto 200 mWatt.<br><br><b>----- Original Message -----</b><br>
<b>From:</b> Markus Kittenberger [mailto:Markus.Kittenberger@gmx.at]<br>
<b>To:</b> john@johneschultz.com<br>
<b>Cc:</b> olsr-users@lists.olsr.org<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:25:39 +0100<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Olsr-users] problem running OLSRD<br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 7:33 PM, <span><<a href="mailto:john@johneschultz.com" target='_blank'>john@johneschultz.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Markus, thank you for the assist.<br><br>I thought just by declaring the card in the interfaces file was enough to make it active. </blockquote><div>infact the card is/was somewhat active (actively consuming power for example) </div>
<div><br></div><div>you can compare its state with an ethernet interface without a cable plugged in.<br><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">What am I missing?</blockquote>
<div>many things,..<br><br>as every wireless thing, it needs not only to be powered up (and an ip address), but also wifi configuration.<br><br></div><blockquote style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I can ping the card so does that not mean its up and running?<br></blockquote><div>no, this proves nearly nothing (except that this ip address is configured (somewhere))</div><div><br>Markus </div></div>