From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 11 23:13:23 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C38CB106566B for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:13:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Received: from ipmail05.adl2.internode.on.net (ipmail05.adl2.internode.on.net [203.16.214.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 485C08FC1E for ; Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:13:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AvIEAFOv1kd5LWyx/2dsb2JhbACBWKYd X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.25,482,1199626200"; d="scan'208";a="73288663" Received: from ppp121-45-108-177.lns10.adl6.internode.on.net (HELO mail.clearchain.com) ([121.45.108.177]) by ipmail05.adl2.internode.on.net with ESMTP; 12 Mar 2008 09:43:18 +1030 Received: from [192.168.0.241] (wcl.ml.unisa.edu.au [130.220.166.5]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail.clearchain.com (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m2BNCupk026839 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:43:03 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from Benjamin.Close@clearchain.com) Message-ID: <47D71212.9030005@clearchain.com> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:43:22 +1030 From: Benjamin Close User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Tom Evans References: <47CD41F3.2000203@langille.org> <20080307233340.GB1456@isis.u-strasbg.fr> <0EE032CC-4A3E-45D7-9337-62A44FDAC63B@langille.org> <47D63A0C.8050806@clearchain.com> <1205228400.75559.10.camel@localhost> In-Reply-To: <1205228400.75559.10.camel@localhost> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.92.1, clamav-milter version 0.92.1 on pegasus.clearchain.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender succeeded SMTP AUTH authentication, not delayed by milter-greylist-3.0 (mail.clearchain.com [192.168.154.1]); Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:43:03 +1030 (CST) Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ThinkPad x61s X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 23:13:23 -0000 Tom Evans wrote: > On Tue, 2008-03-11 at 18:21 +1030, Benjamin Close wrote: > >> With the recent patches available (see below) the experimental status is >> rapidly vanishing. >> >> Cheers, >> Benjamin >> >> > > Hi Benjamin > > One of the features I would really like in wpi(4) is hostap mode > support, which would allow me to access/provide services to wireless > devices like my ipod from my laptop. I even went out and bought an > ath(4) to do this, only to be denied by my HP BIOS! > > Is this sort of feature technically possible, or was it only through the > hardware interface exported by the ath binary HAL that this feature is > possible? I notice no other wifi cards support hostap. > > Thanks > > Tom > Hi Tom, There is very little details about how to implement hostap mode on wpi. IBSS mode is possible but I don't believe hostap mode will be due to a lack of specs/firmware support. Looking at the Intel 4965 chipset aka iwn. Hostap support may be possible with this chipset though it' certainly not implemented at the moment. Cheers, Benjamin