From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1E13We-0005nr-MU for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:50:21 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j75EmcZf032306; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 14:48:38 GMT Received: from s2.stud.uni-goettingen.de (s2.stud.uni-goettingen.de [134.76.60.22]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j75EirYI029521 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 14:44:53 GMT Received: from vpn-3076.gwdg.de ([134.76.3.76] helo=butch.nik13.home) by s2.stud.uni-goettingen.de with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.22) id 1E13SD-0000Hw-V6 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Aug 2005 16:45:46 +0200 Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 16:44:15 +0200 From: Hans-Werner Hilse To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wpc54g card as AP -- works? Message-Id: <20050805164415.03e5f94c.hilse@web.de> In-Reply-To: References: <42F1C205.6010603@internode.on.net> <42F1FA35.10505@cfrscca.net> <20050804135144.1dfcd616.hilse@web.de> <42F20F85.2070404@cfrscca.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.0.0beta5 (GTK+ 2.6.8; i386-pc-dragonfly1) X-Face: ?%{N&v`I$/2&hU/l[fz~s5ETugSOp`~y,.e%_7S0cRnkJ!hD&DbkIR;;>t`-uvSs1,][|;;Z0|SS=_yW(db!q|_s/q"G^.qrVrk4;&.1fg8lZ@Kn=&`ePL.e.N{ZIS%ZN%+O4(xa9=j[HXpQdlGrr'%xZ]vQp1doD"u"W%qM$w$ySo@t,&$A1]\unoo@d"X{)Wa2MaW-axG|lRiC;/gVmgI Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: ccf065b8-fef4-4598-a003-80959f80ca91 X-Archives-Hash: 4c1528e6a1936139d57ac960fbd4ce6d Hi, On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:28:46 +0000 Fernando Meira wrote: > Does that mean that it is unadvised to use a PCMCIA card for AP functions? > I won't need a good range... something that works fine up to 8 meters > (between 2 rooms) is enough. > I have to check if the driver I use allows Master mode. > > # ndiswrapper -l > Installed ndis drivers: > lsbcmnds driver present, hardware present > > Any idea? ndiswrapper doesn't support master mode: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/FAQ#Is_master_mode_supported.3F There would have to be a native linux driver, supporting soft-AP facilities... -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list