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Date:      Wed, 20 Sep 2000 19:37:14 -0400
From:      Peter Radcliffe <pir@pir.net>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Problems getting WaveLAN device (wi0) working
Message-ID:  <20000920193714.A21934@pir.net>
In-Reply-To: <3.0.6.32.20000920162544.01141570@pop.quiknet.com>; from bney@quiknet.com on Wed, Sep 20, 2000 at 04:25:44PM -0700
References:  <3.0.6.32.20000920133438.0110c740@pop.quiknet.com> <4.3.1.1.20000920122431.00c45b90@localhost> <4.3.1.1.20000920122431.00c45b90@localhost> <20000920131158.D61974@gblx.net> <3.0.6.32.20000920133438.0110c740@pop.quiknet.com> <20000920160635.E10774@nitrous.net> <3.0.6.32.20000920162544.01141570@pop.quiknet.com>

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Bob Ney <bney@quiknet.com> probably said:
> The advantage is that you dont have to go buy the access points. Assuming
> that the BSD box can be made to perform the coordinating function of the
> access point. Has anyone done that yet?

FreeBSD cannot do the BSS base station mode - the code doesn't work.

The advantages to BSS are you can use powersaving (doubles my laptop
battery life) and I believe it is more efficient.

I have a cheapo freebsd laptop doing ether <-> wireless routing in
ad-hoc mode talking happily to a freebsd laptop and to my wife's
windows laptop.  When I get around to it, I'll be replacing this with
a real base station.

P.

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pir                  pir@pir.net                    pir@net.tufts.edu



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