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Date:      Mon, 17 Sep 2001 01:56:18 -0700
From:      Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
To:        Rasputin <rara.rasputin@virgin.net>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 802.11 with best Apple compatibility?
Message-ID:  <3BA5BAB2.9098CC61@mindspring.com>
References:  <20010914150203.A30720@shaft.techsupport.co.uk> <20010914103037.A5619@ussenterprise.ufp.org> <20010914101548.B7169@Odin.AC.HMC.Edu> <3BA23F2E.23F68B29@mitre.org> <20010917094810.A39701@shaft.techsupport.co.uk>

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Rasputin wrote:
> Thnaks a lot for the confirmation - for the record, I'm trying
> to replace a basestation, not communicate with one.

The timing for access points requires different firmware; you
can't do it in software alone.

Talk to Julian Elisher; he presented on a company that sells
a FreeBSD driver with firmware (binary only for the whole
thing) that can make a FreeBSD box into an access point,
using specific hardware.

-- Terry

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