From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 9 11:52:16 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D6E4C37B408 for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 11:52:16 -0700 (PDT) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (whizzo.TransSys.COM [144.202.42.10]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6AD5F43FBF for ; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 11:52:15 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Received: from whizzo.transsys.com (#6@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by whizzo.transsys.com (8.12.9/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h39IqC1L080610; Wed, 9 Apr 2003 14:52:12 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from louie@whizzo.transsys.com) Message-Id: <200304091852.h39IqC1L080610@whizzo.transsys.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 with nmh-1.0.4 To: "'Tobias Roth'" X-Image-URL: http://www.transsys.com/louie/images/louie-mail.jpg From: "Louis A. Mamakos" References: <20030407123017.GA22455@horse03.daimi.au.dk> <002601c2fd0a$715d5ec0$0a00000a@yes.no> <20030408070422.GB21535@speedy.unibe.ch> In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 08 Apr 2003 09:04:22 +0200." <20030408070422.GB21535@speedy.unibe.ch> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 14:52:12 -0400 Sender: louie@TransSys.COM cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: hostap (was: good pcmcia card to build ap) X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 09 Apr 2003 18:52:17 -0000 > On Mon, Apr 07, 2003 at 03:34:39PM +0200, Erik Paulsen Sklerud wrote: > > > > > I'm like Tobias looking to make an accessPoint, but with a > > > PCI type card > > > instead, but it should be the same I think? Could someone please name > > > some cards based on the PRISM-chip, if that's the only card > > > supporting hostAP > > > in FreeBSD? > > but then, do I really need hostap? i tried out ad-hoc mode with a linksys > card, and it seems to work just fine. i didn't get much smarter by googling > for hostap. what are the advantages of it (especially when I use only one > acess point, not multiple ones?). I have multiple machines that need to > connect at the same time though, all with different operating systems > (FreeBSD, WinXP, OSX). But that also shouldn't cause trouble, as far as I > understand the situation. In infrastructure mode (vs. ad-hoc mode) you'll get more effective channel utilization in the situation where each of the other stations cannot hear each other. Google for "hidden terminal problem" and read all about it. louie