Date: Sun, 30 May 2004 09:46:23 +0100 From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: wpaul@FreeBSD.ORG (Bill Paul) Cc: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Project Evil APs Message-ID: <200405300946.23882.dfr@nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20040530053703.0169216A4CF@hub.freebsd.org> References: <20040530053703.0169216A4CF@hub.freebsd.org>
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On Sunday 30 May 2004 06:37, Bill Paul wrote: > > Is 'mediaopt hostap' supposed to with the Project Evil ndis driver? > > ... > > No, not even a little. I can't even believe you asked. HostAP mode > requires the ability to send and receive non-data frames in most > cases (beacon frames, management frames, etc...). Some NICs have > firmware that let you use hostAP features without having to implement > all the logic in software. But all Windows 802.11 drivers all pretend > to be 802.3 link layer drivers, because Windows doesn't have any > 802.11 protocol support. NDIS has no API for doing monitor mode or > any hostAP tricks. So no, it's not supported, and it never will be. > > > I > > just acquired a Linksys WMP54G card which appears to use the > > Broadcom 43xx chipset. I was originally intending to build a > > home-made access point out of the thing but I can't set the hostap > > mode. > > > > Project Evil likes this thing just fine with the drivers that came > > in the box and happily sends and receives packets in adhoc mode. > > When I try something like 'ifconfig ndis0 mediaopt hostap' I just > > get a 'Device not configured' error: > > <jedi mind trick> > You want to use ad-hoc mode. You don't want to bother me with silly > questions about hostap mode because it doesn't really let you do > anything you can't do with ad-hoc mode anyway. Use IPSec with > ad-hoc mode and you'll probably get better security than any > access point can give you in the first place. > </jedi mind trick> Probably. Only if I can get this silly little WinME laptop to do ad-hoc as well though. The main reason for doing this is that my AP died and my gf wants to use the laptop in the garden :-). Interestingly, the inf file lists a registry key named "EnableSoftAP" which appears to suggest that support might be possible in windows with the right software. Probably involves custom drivers using private interfaces with the driver though :-(. Any chance of a native driver for the Broadcom 43xx stuff?
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