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Hello to all.
I'm having some problems creating an ad-hoc network, everything seems to work nicely but the network just isn't visible to any other devices, I was able to create one a few months ago in arch and I am able to create it in other distros so the hardware should be ok.
I'm using:
# iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc essid test key 123123123
# ifconfig wlan0 192.168.2.1 up
after this I can see this in iwconfig
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"test"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.412 GHz Cell: AE:E4:AF:BA:AE:81
Tx-Power=20 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:0123-1231-23
Power Management:on
if I do a "iwlist scan", it shows the network, it's interesting that it says "Signal level=0 dBm", when it's working usually shows "Signal level=-56 dBm ", so this is likely a good clue about what the problem is yet I can't figure out what to I do about it.
Cell 04 - Address: AE:E4:AF:BA:AE:81
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=70/70 Signal level=0 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"test"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Ad-Hoc
Extra:tsf=0000000000000000
Extra: Last beacon: 22753ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000474657374
IE: Unknown: 010882040B160C121824
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 06020000
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
IE: Unknown: DD070050F202000100
This is shown in my dmesg:
[ 223.096886] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[ 223.096908] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
[ 226.016892] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
[ 229.004269] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
[ 231.998329] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
[ 232.916681] wlan0: Creating new IBSS network, BSSID d6:4c:9e:99:a3:63
[ 232.919899] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
[ 265.039399] wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
[ 282.012678] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
[ 286.726829] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
[ 289.890155] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
[ 290.808365] wlan0: Creating new IBSS network, BSSID e6:a8:98:f9:ff:9e
[ 295.928446] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
[ 300.848374] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
[ 303.855740] wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
[ 304.774018] wlan0: Creating new IBSS network, BSSID ae:e4:af:ba:ae:81
if it helps here is the last part of the journalctl -r
May 11 16:44:57 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
May 11 16:44:26 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
May 11 16:43:56 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
May 11 16:43:24 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
May 11 16:42:53 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
May 11 16:42:20 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
May 11 16:41:21 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
May 11 16:40:49 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: No active IBSS STAs - trying to scan for other IBSS networks with same SSID (merge)
May 11 16:39:55 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: Creating new IBSS network, BSSID ae:e4:af:ba:ae:81
May 11 16:39:54 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
May 11 16:39:51 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
May 11 16:39:46 GAMMA kernel: wlan0: Trigger new scan to find an IBSS to join
Thank you in advance for any help.
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I am seeing the exact same thing. (bump)
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i am also having issue of not joining network even though everything seems normal? any solution please?
i use atheros based WLE900V5-18
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wlan0 IEEE 802.11an ESSID:"own-mesh-11ac"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:5.18 GHz Cell: 0A:6D:5B:06:0D:E2
Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
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root@p1023:/usr# iw wlan0 scan
BSS de:c2:35:ce:de:14(on wlan0) -- joined
TSF: 0 usec (0d, 00:00:00)
freq: 5180
beacon interval: 100 TUs
capability: IBSS (0x0002)
signal: 0.00 dBm
last seen: 1129532 ms ago
SSID: own-mesh-11ac
Supported rates: 6.0* 9.0 12.0* 18.0 24.0* 36.0 48.0 54.0
IBSS ATIM window: 0 TUs WMM: information: 01 00
BSS fe:26:b2:98:b6:1b(on wlan0)
TSF: 1770393808 usec (0d, 00:29:30)
freq: 5180
beacon interval: 100 TUs
capability: IBSS (0x0002)
signal: -49.00 dBm
last seen: 0 ms ago
Information elements from Probe Response frame:
SSID: own-mesh-11ac
Supported rates: 6.0* 9.0 12.0* 18.0 24.0* 36.0 48.0 54.0
IBSS ATIM window: 0 TUs WMM: information: 01 00
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Is it strictly necessary to have ad-hoc connection ?
Otherwise you may have a look at an Access Point creation.
do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint
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situation demand to have Ad-hoc over access point..
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