From owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Apr 23 08:49:30 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 9CA24106566B for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:49:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sepherosa@gmail.com) Received: from an-out-0708.google.com (an-out-0708.google.com [209.85.132.245]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5A94F8FC19 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:49:30 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sepherosa@gmail.com) Received: by an-out-0708.google.com with SMTP id c14so732251anc.13 for ; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:49:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=/S7hZSOH1yRhwP2zBFmX3tIZCjsUHCUE6qoAGiOkgLo=; b=R6w82DS8bxt1/6AOlhWRB1baN+k3Vb70temTy5pnKmP4zcSlnkdpKGgODYm39Qfk9GUNZ6CeBmdei41Kdx2GLdf/qcXH5V7CLYR2BCvWLSslLPTU13dj3ZVravu5A9LvXka2n6tVq/Xn39UWkXYPxJ/2aXzEpvufNmnr/rR1e14= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=SP35IeOvi5BxS3A/eokJIGs3wiE1vPXZcGoo3OFrHrRq/TUps/EdzUS1qOMpziqZjfySGpccPUyHzJQbgJfsGZkKjTu3grzjRnT/OuQ0gA/evzZmXEbW7RL2LwugU8myZjp4xPsb10R9Y/Iw2/56zBhUikocvKVKzjwpdG1C45A= Received: by 10.100.194.5 with SMTP id r5mr2232867anf.146.1208938830944; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.100.48.5 with HTTP; Wed, 23 Apr 2008 01:20:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 16:20:30 +0800 From: "Sepherosa Ziehau" To: "Ivan Voras" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <480E4681.5030608@acm.poly.edu> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org, 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: Wed, 23 Apr 2008 08:49:30 -0000 On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 4:18 AM, Ivan Voras 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