Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2006 09:23:30 -0700 (PDT) From: "Freddie Cash" <fcash@ocis.net> To: "Sam Leffler" <sam@errno.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WDS progress Message-ID: <36841.192.168.0.10.1144081410.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <44314A54.60205@errno.com> References: <200604020054.AA36241496@ipro.net> <45286.192.168.0.10.1144079644.squirrel@webmail.sd73.bc.ca> <44314A54.60205@errno.com>
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On Mon, April 3, 2006 9:16 am, Sam Leffler wrote:
> Freddie Cash wrote:
>> On Sat, April 1, 2006 10:54 pm, P C wrote:
>>> Does anyone know when WDS ("standard" as defined by the wi-fi
>>> alliance or senao/engenius) will be available in FreeBSD?
>>> Specifically for Atheros chipset cards.
>> Search the -current and -stable mailing lists for posts by Sam
>> Leffler regarding the state of the 802.11 wireless stack and the
>> ath(4) driver. I remember a long post by him early in the new year
>> that describes all the new features of the latest ath_hal(4), along
>> with plans for the wireless stack this year. In one of those
>> messages, he goes over WDS and WMM extensions. I don't recall the
>> specifics, though.
> WDS and WMM are unrelated. WMM has been in CVS for >1 year. WDS is
> waiting on import of the multi-bss vap support. No clue when that'll
> happen (if ever) as it requires help converting all the wireless
> drivers to a new model.
> Some folks have expressed interest in getting WDS support in
> separately from vap's but I've not heard anything recently.
Thanks for the clarification.
----
Freddie Cash
fcash@ocis.net
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