Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:13:04 -0700 From: matt <sendtomatt@gmail.com> To: PseudoCylon <moonlightakkiy@yahoo.ca> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org, Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru>, Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Intel 6250 and WiMax Message-ID: <4F839730.2020503@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAFZ_MYLe4AjtMwgzBq22sBYhHkQimfybB%2Ban1xX2JnMiP%2BY6rg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAFZ_MYLe4AjtMwgzBq22sBYhHkQimfybB%2Ban1xX2JnMiP%2BY6rg@mail.gmail.com>
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On 04/09/12 18:55, PseudoCylon wrote: >> ------------------------------ >> >> Message: 13 >> Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 12:59:43 +0400 >> From: Lev Serebryakov <lev@serebryakov.spb.ru> >> Subject: Re: Intel 6250 and WiMax >> To: Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org> >> Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org >> Message-ID: <992091892.20120409125943@serebryakov.spb.ru> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 >> >> Hello, Bernhard. >> You wrote 9 Ð°Ð¿Ñ EURO ÐµÐ»Ñ 2012 г., 12:52:01: >> >>>> Here are driver for Samsung WiMax USB dongle, and it works as-is, >>>> without any WiMax stack, as simple ethernet NIC. But, maybe, non-usb >>>> devices are other story, I don't know. >>> Guess it depends on the device driver, it might contain its own >>> stack. >> It looks like Samsung USB stick contains stack in firmware, because >> driver is VERY simple and has size of several KILOBYTES of C code, >> really, only couple of USB commands like "set SSID", "get signal >> strength", "send frame" and "poll for received frame", and it's all. >> > It wasn't particularly WiMax, but when I worked on HSPA+ device, > usie(4) it worked like that, set up usb xfers and throw ethernet > packets at the device, that was it. Probably, one simple generic stack > would work for most of them if needed. > > The problem I had was there is no mechanism to pass device info (i.e > link state up/down, signal strength, IP addresses) to other part of > the system. I thought about adding it, but I haven't because there > isn't lots of demand. > > > AK > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-wireless > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-wireless-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" For what it's worth i2400m was so poor at loading its own firmware that I had to remove it from my gentoo kernel config because it was adding mysterious 40 second delays to boot...probably PEBKAC but not inspiring. I did have it working under 2.6.39, I had a wmx0 device which returned nothing on a scan (no WiMAX transmitters here in northern, northern california I guess). What is interesting about WiMAX: The phy should be able to receive/transmit on a ton of frequencies outside of wifi (I think down to 900mhz) The hardware (transmitter/base stations) are supposedly going for cheaper as LTE takes predominance...I could see uses here for an AWESOME personal LAN :) Since hardware is available, setting up a WISP could be fun, not sure on licensing. Matt
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