[Mageia-dev] WiFi AdHoc networking

Mon Oct 17 12:19:55 CEST 2011

On Thursday, 13 October 2011 16:21:22 José Jorge wrote:
+> hi, I am willing to get AdHoc WiFi working automaticaly on Mageia 1. For
+> now, with drakxtools :
+> 
+> - OK : connect to an existing AdHoc network
+> - BAD : no IP address is assigned if no dhcp daemon is found.
+
+I believe if you have zcip installed, it should get an IP address assigned, 
+however:
+
+> - CORRECTION : launch "avahi-autoipd ethX"
+
+I think we should be using avahi-autipd instead of zcip.
+
+> 
+> So it does not work without CLI. So questions to have this working at least
+> on MGA2:
+> 
+> 1. Should this be done on drakxtools or network-manager ?
+
+initscripts. See line 380 of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-eth
+
+> 2. Does anyone with drakxtools knowledge think it can be patched it to do
+> that?
+
+Sure, the script above could have zcip replaced with avahi-autoipd. However, 
+the man page for avahi-autoipd points one at this wiki page: 
+http://avahi.org/wiki/AvahiAutoipd
+
+which recommends using the DHCP plugin instead. Maybe you could experiment, 
+and see exactly what is necessary (sorry, all my wifi networks have DHCP 
+servers).
+
+Regards,
+Buchan
+