Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:34:18 +0300 From: Vladimir Terziev <vladimirt@partygaming.com> To: "Paul B. Mahol" <onemda@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to clone wlan device Message-ID: <1244550858.41240.19.camel@daemon2.partygaming.local> In-Reply-To: <3a142e750906090518u6951c28clbe6e97c1f4ff1601@mail.gmail.com> References: <3a142e750906090518u6951c28clbe6e97c1f4ff1601@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Paul, this is very very important info. It means i should be able to do it once i find the actual problem. Thanks, Vladimir On Tue, 2009-06-09 at 15:18 +0300, Paul B. Mahol wrote: > On 6/9/09, Vladimir Terziev <vladimirt@partygaming.com> wrote: > > The actual problem, i play with wlan cloning because of, is, i try > to > > set up a FreeBSD based wireless access point either based on ral(4) > or > > iwi(4) interface. > > > > The ral(4) (which is "Edimax EW-7128g") seems more suitable for > that, > > since it has HOSTAP capability, but when i tried to run a hostapd(8) > on > > it, i got an error about inability TKIP to be configured by > hostpad(8). > > Since TKIP is not present as a capability of the wireless adapter, i > > decided to clone it and use the wlan_tkip(4) module to do the work. >=20 > That is not important. > You don't need to clone device to use TKIP. > If device or device driver doesn't support encryption in hardware, > software > encryption will do the work via wlan_tkip(4). > There is only one exception to this and that are ndis(4) drivers. NDIS > do not allow such workaround. >=20 > -- > Paul >=20 >=20 This email and any attachments are confidential, and may be legally = privileged and protected by copyright. If you are not the intended = recipient dissemination or copying of this email is prohibited. If you = have received this in error, please notify the sender by replying by = email and then delete the email completely from your system.=20 Any views or opinions are solely those of the sender. This = communication is not intended to form a binding contract unless = expressly indicated to the contrary and properly authorised. Any actions = taken on the basis of this email are at the recipient's own risk.
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