From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Apr 22 20:18:24 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F1C61065675 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:18:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-net@m.gmane.org) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 267A98FC16 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:18:24 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd-net@m.gmane.org) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JoOwU-0004gV-3a for freebsd-net@freebsd.org; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:18:18 +0000 Received: from 89-172-63-116.adsl.net.t-com.hr ([89.172.63.116]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:18:18 +0000 Received: from ivoras by 89-172-63-116.adsl.net.t-com.hr with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:18:18 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org From: Ivan Voras Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:18:05 +0200 Lines: 39 Message-ID: References: <480E4681.5030608@acm.poly.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig29A7FE6FEE728F2AB473D2CF" X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: 89-172-63-116.adsl.net.t-com.hr User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) In-Reply-To: <480E4681.5030608@acm.poly.edu> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Sender: news Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB wireless AP? X-BeenThere: freebsd-net@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Networking and TCP/IP with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 20:18:24 -0000 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig29A7FE6FEE728F2AB473D2CF Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Boris Kochergin wrote: > Do you know about http://ralink.rapla.net/? The RT2500-based cards=20 > listed there are supported by the ural(4) driver. There's a discouragin= g=20 > comment about using them for access points in the man page, though: >=20 > CAVEATS > The ural driver does not support automatic adaptation of the transm= it > speed in IBSS and HostAP operating modes. That's too bad - it seems the Linsys' card is supported by ural. I=20 looked around for Linux information on the same topic, and given the=20 problems they have, I think I'll even settle for IBSS. Are there any=20 practical differences between HOSTAP and IBSS when used by a very small=20 number of users? --------------enig29A7FE6FEE728F2AB473D2CF Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIDkf+ldnAQVacBcgRAgt4AKDWZHLUDPHksoYZBhxRfC3hQfq6gQCfSQyw 4cDp1EvlD8+2UR8iViPJy9k= =ZCcm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig29A7FE6FEE728F2AB473D2CF--