Date: Mon, 27 Jun 2011 13:46:07 -0400 From: Patrick Lahni <list@cykotix.com> To: bschmidt@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-wireless@freebsd.org Subject: Re: iwn and hostap Message-ID: <BANLkTikYPtrBDhNhrmRtMNJeCbePzNqvYA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201106270914.39395.bschmidt@freebsd.org> References: <BANLkTi=OW7qny9JPOiGDh5-x=Od-nT62TA@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTi=nZfuQpsxA0Si-Z=QZs6YcVTJ56g@mail.gmail.com> <BANLkTikWPF12nS4upjiJTc5AmrAiUEwNQQ@mail.gmail.com> <201106270914.39395.bschmidt@freebsd.org>
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On Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 3:14 AM, Bernhard Schmidt <bschmidt@freebsd.org>wrote: > On Sunday, June 26, 2011 22:37:36 Adrian Chadd wrote: > > On 26 June 2011 23:26, Patrick Lahni <list@cykotix.com> wrote: > > > Adhoc is supported. According to iwn(4): > > > > > > iwn supports station, adhoc, and monitor mode operation. > > > > > > I wasn't sure if that means, just for now? Or is hostap not planned > for > > > these cards supported by iwn? > > > > The card runs closed-source firmware which we can't get to the insides > > of. I don't know the exact details, but there may be some features > > which we can't really get to in order to support proper hostap modes. > > Afaik, the firmware has basic hostap support, the only real thing > missing are the powersafe bits. This goes also for IBSS mode, someone > has to implement proper multi-station support. It's on my todo list.. > > -- > Bernhard > FWIW, they just released a new firmware for 6000g2a over the weekend. Not sure if that contains what you're missing but just thought I'd share. http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-6000g2a-ucode-17.168.5.3.tgz Patrick
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