linksys wusb54gr ad-hoc mode

[rabijaved]

i am trying to create an ad-hoc network using a wusb54gr adapter which uses the pre installed rt73usb driver .
i used the following to create the network
sudo ifconfig wlan2 down
sudo iwconfig wlan2 mode ad-hoc
sudo iwconfig wlan2 channel 4
sudo iwconfig wlan2 essid "linksys"
sudo ifconfig wlan2 up
sudo ifconfig wlan2 169.254.0.1

initially the essid is set to "linksys" .then after every 5 sec it keeps on changing to random values . the essid field does not show when i do iwconfig after that. although i can see it when i do
sudo iwlist wlan2 scan . it shows up something like this:

ESSID:"h*(��:9�ʔ\�y^����W���i�/�"
after 5 sec
ESSID:"�������Zl�t��k?�keyZ�<h��0�9`�"

and so on
the ad-hoc network does form and i am able to ping the individual ip addresses but essid keeps changing. iwspy and iwpriv commands do not work and i get an error like this
wlan2 Interface doesn't support wireless statistic collection

wlan2 no private ioctls.

does anyone have a solution ?

below is the trace of the commands

iwconfig wlan2

wlan2 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"rabi"
Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.427 GHz Cell: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr off Fragment thr off
Encryption key off
Power Management off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

iwconfig wlan2

wlan2 IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Ad-Hoc Frequency:2.427 GHz
Cell: Not-Associated Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr off Fragment thr off
Encryption key off
Power Management off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

iwlist wlan2 scan

Cell 03 - Address: B6:47:66:B7:4D:FF
Channel:4
Frequency:2.427 GHz (Channel 4)
Quality=70/70 Signal level=0 dBm
Encryption key off
ESSID:"�
����@b���.��v۷TO:ְ$"
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: 5424ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0020CA0CE4CE028DA94062F593FF42082EC9DB7605DBB7544F 3AD6B02400DA6E1EA5
IE: Unknown: 010882840B160C121824
IE: Unknown: 030104
IE: Unknown: 06020000
IE: Unknown: 32043048606C

[rabijaved]

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[cariboo]

Please don't create multiple threads on the same subject, I have merged your three threads.

[rabijaved]

sorry internet problem .... do you know anyway i can solve this problem ?