[B.A.T.M.A.N.] running batmand on Debian for Alix

Hi, I am having trouble running the batman protocol on my debian distro (2.6.32) on PC Engine's Alix boards. I am using CM9 pci cards, with ath5k driver from the compat-wireless-3.5 package. I can scan for networks, and view a survey dump using the iw tool. despite being able to start the daemon successfully, neither node can receive packets from one another. I set the mode to ad-hoc and channel to channel 7 on both alix boards. The following url is a link to my system profile on pastebin: http://pastebin.com/RtpTe31C it includes (ifconfig, iwconfig, interfaces configuration, sample of running batman, dmesg for wireless interface wlan0 and modinfo for ath5k ) I can't figure out what I am doing wrong, I had perhaps naively assumed that passing a configured wireless interface would be enough, but I guess I have missed something important. Help is always greatly appreciated. Thanks Dominic UCT, SA -- If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception, it is a prevailing attitude. Colin Powell