Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #3974

From: John Poltorak <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Sender: os2-wireless_users-owner <os2-wireless_users-owner@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: [OS2Wireless] GenPrism drivers and lantran.log
Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 10:08:23 +0000
To: os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com

On Wed, Jan 05, 2005 at 10:58:32PM -0500, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:
> On 01/04/2005 05:21 am, John Poltorak thus wrote :
>
> >It's a nice feature of the Genprism drivers that they can output info to
> >lantran.log.
> >
> >I just wish I could interpret it. This is what I get:-
> >
> >  
> >
> <snip>
>
> >Is there any way to tell what node_id or ssid it is using?
> >
> >  
> >
> Wrong level of the OSI model. You need to move up from the link layer.
> In order to read this info, you'll need to capture some packets.

Actually these values are shown in lantran.log when debug_level is set to
0xFFFF but be warned that lantran.log grows quickly when running WiFiStat.
 
> >And what does 'station connected' mean? Connected to what?
> >  
> >
> Should be associated with an AP, or at least, "found an AP."

If it is in Ad-Hoc mode I would expect it to be looking for an AP...

> I'm not an
> expert at interpreting the debug messages in LANTRAN.LOG by any stretch;
> Jens is the one who would have to decode this line by line.

Well it's useful having it even if it doesn't make any sense (yet)..
 
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> Lewis
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John




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