Date: Thu, 2 May 2002 04:31:11 -0700 From: Matt Peterson <matt-freebsd@bawug.org> To: Eric Masson <e-masson@kisoft-services.com> Cc: Mailing List FreeBSD Mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: wi hostap mode supported cards list Message-ID: <20020502043110.J82882@moaner.org> In-Reply-To: <86it66ltbh.fsf@notbsdems.nantes.kisoft-services.com>; from e-masson@kisoft-services.com on Thu, May 02, 2002 at 12:47:46PM %2B0200 References: <86it66ltbh.fsf@notbsdems.nantes.kisoft-services.com>
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HostAP mode is currently limited to Prism2/2.5 NICs only. Lucent and Cisco (including OEMs like Buffalo, Xircom) have a different MAC, thus a different (closed source) way for AP (BSS) mode. The D-Link 520 works (I'm using this for testing, it ships with recent Intersil 1.3.4 firmware); Warner is using the Linksys WMP11 (both of which are Prism 2.5 OEMs from Gemtek, one just hides its MiniPCI guts). I'm pretty sure the other models mentioned are Prism2. I hear rumors that older firmware builds don't always work well. I have an updated wi(4) and wicontrol(8) man page diff in the works; I'm awaiting for Warner to cool down on the commits. Do note, while AP mode exists in -STABLE now, its still in the very early stages. We've run into some compatibility issues (currently Cisco cards don't seem to assoicate correctly). P.S. You might also want to follow-up with the "original" OSS HostAP effort from the Linux crowd <http://people.ssh.com/jkm/Prism2/>. In theory, what they support, we support. -- Matt Peterson Bay Area Wireless Users Group Founder <http://www.bawug.org/>; -- On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 12:47:46PM +0200, Eric Masson wrote: > > Is there a list of cards known working with hostap mediaopt of wi > driver ? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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