Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:20:30 +0800 From: "Sepherosa Ziehau" <sepherosa@gmail.com> To: "Ivan Voras" <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB wireless AP? Message-ID: <ea7b9c170804230120q6633a611t6d9f16f59df38341@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <fulh60$l5q$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <fulfqf$grf$1@ger.gmane.org> <480E4681.5030608@acm.poly.edu> <fulh60$l5q$1@ger.gmane.org>
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On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> wrote: > Boris Kochergin wrote: > > > Do you know about http://ralink.rapla.net/? The RT2500-based cards listed > there are supported by the ural(4) driver. There's a discouraging comment > about using them for access points in the man page, though: > > > > CAVEATS > > The ural driver does not support automatic adaptation of the transmit > > speed in IBSS and HostAP operating modes. In HOSTAP mode, you can have one roaming STA, or you can have several STAs if they stay in almost same TX/RX condition. This limitation is primarily due to ural (same applies to rum) hardware does not have per-packet (or at least per-peer) TX try/fail counters. This can't be fixd by driver. Best Regards, sephe -- Live Free or Die
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