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 1E0dvN-0007tb-L2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 11:30:10 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j74BS4C6020717; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:28:04 GMT Received: from charlotte.ctrust.com (gatorvet.com [207.59.126.37]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j74BOKB8015750 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 11:24:21 GMT Received: from [192.168.1.6] (unknown [192.168.1.6]) by charlotte.ctrust.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id F028375CE2A for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 07:27:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <42F1FA35.10505@cfrscca.net> Date: Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:21:25 -0400 From: Craig Zeigler User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.7.1) Gecko/20040707 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wpc54g card as AP -- works? References: <42F1C205.6010603@internode.on.net> In-Reply-To: <42F1C205.6010603@internode.on.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 07584640-0479-48f9-a17d-96d5e353c240 X-Archives-Hash: f122727d90ad4930cb55597e27de4ce1 Eugene Rosenzweig wrote: > Fernando Meira wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I wanted to provide wireless connection to the internet for other >> laptops at home. >> To do this, one laptop is connected via eth0 and wlan0 should work as >> AP to all others. >> I have been following the >> HOWTO:http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Building_a_Wireless_Access_Point_With_Gentoo >> and trying to find solution in forums... but I can't get it working. >> The wireless card is working with ndiswrapper. >> When I try to set it to Master, I get this: >> # iwconfig wlan0 mode Master >> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : >> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. >> >> Does this means that the card is unable to perform the task I want, >> or what am I doing wrong? >> Is there any other HOWTO with better instructions? Or anyone that can >> provide me a step-by-step configuration? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> Fernando. > > > The way I understand it, the ability to work in AP mode is determined > by the drivers which must implement the SoftAP protocols (master > mode). So, you need to know which chipset and which drivers you are > using for your card (a lot of manufacturers, including Linksys, change > their wireless chipsets often, without changing the product model). > Then you can find out if the drivers support the master mode. > > Eugene. > This is a pretty cool idea, but I wonder what the range on something like this is. Considering that the transmitting capability of a PCMCIA card isn't very high. Do you risk burning out the card or the slot by forcing more power to it? will the PCMCIA bus permit diverting more power to a card? -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list