It looks like since we use iwl kernel modules, ad-hoc + wep does not work anymore.

Well, it does work sometime, but it can take hours before connecting.

On the other hand, non ad-hoc networks wrk like a charm.

On Sat, 2008-06-28 at 15:32 +0000, Motin wrote:

Confirming this behavior on Hardy with ipw2200, using Wicd to attempt to
create and join Ad-Hoc networks.

However, I can remember some times in the past when I have been able to
connect to Macbook Ad-Hoc networks. Can't currently though, and
definitely cannot create Ad-Hoc networks that others can connect to.

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