hello,
I am using Ubuntu 7.10. I tried to connect to another computer in Windows XP through wireless. I provided static IP address correctly. I could not find out where I can provide for Adhoc mode in ubuntu 7.10. I configured computer in Windows XP with static IP address and in Adhoc mode. I set the channel to 11 in that computer.
In Ubuntu 7.10, I tried with iwconfig. I changed to adhoc mode and selected channel to 11 by selecting proper frequency.See the details given below:
appunni@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"workgroup"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.462 GHz Cell: 02:18E:00:00:83
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff
Link Quality=90/100 Signal level=-39 dBm Noise level=-85 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

But I could not connect successfully.
Before Ubuntu, I was using Fedora 7 with which I could connect successfully.
In Ubuntu 7.10 I could not find out any provision for changing the mode or channel in graphical Network.
I request to provide a step by step method for configuring my Ubuntu 7.10 wireless networking successfully.
with regards,
Jayarjan.C.N

Looks like the wireless card is working OK. Did you assign an IP address to the Ubuntu machine?

Sir,
Yes. I have assigned I.P. adress. But there is no provision for setting adhoc option in ubuntu 7.10

jayarajan

Based on the output of iwconfig, you're already in ad hoc mode. What do you mean, there's no provision for it? What's the output of ifconfig? Did you assign a gateway? Can you ping: ... the loopback? ... the XP box? ... the Ubuntu box from XP?