From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1L1o0p-0001S8-Pv for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:14:28 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 7694EE0346; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:14:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gx0-f17.google.com (mail-gx0-f17.google.com [209.85.217.17]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5135DE0346 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 20:14:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gxk10 with SMTP id 10so1596374gxk.10 for ; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:14:24 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=hKMRbtg6bRusOGvkhaPd7Qa1KHQA9sPek51rxN5+QoQ=; b=Opu6ENdKIDgJFo2eO+rLbudo/MDuSlsl4U1UHIsRXistTG36pXuEspd6dtUas5Nede PkODWeR2KeDgL3VCB/fbHiNoWEnBWoSnyL/RzK/4clhLTbQNyinwTuY+XvECg75TgZhs XBW/X/wSELPfbaZfo7taDJiYb2+TgeOkDwP9k= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=FcnOqYEadHEssy0I+7HJTY+DHzHUylGLOLcEg8s4Pu69uvU8YdgzSDQILnIpWDJeZR i7fS3R82McJE7y4vuY0TrCLN3R9aUWPfFnkJUGohNY0oxunnrOzhS9t1li52CMn2pgGD XM/ZEVrNMfTlcSVQFN4+mlIyPWytwhHo96vmM= Received: by 10.65.163.8 with SMTP id q8mr3058382qbo.55.1226866464112; Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:14:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?192.168.2.19? (bas8-montreal02-1088791512.dsl.bell.ca [64.229.163.216]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 27sm5227838qbw.0.2008.11.16.12.14.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 16 Nov 2008 12:14:23 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <492038D1.70407@gmail.com> Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 10:14:25 -0500 From: Simon User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.17 (X11/20080914) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Atheros chip with airodump-ng References: <358eca8f0811070303s2afd8361p3fb182e3f6c4ca3c@mail.gmail.com> <358eca8f0811070515x75c78e5bwbb2f1b174b43cfa8@mail.gmail.com> <491C80D1.1030707@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: e493030f-648b-4f13-9350-bd108ef3d2f5 X-Archives-Hash: ab7852bf7392059cf667ef5f869abb43 > Under madwifi (not sure if it was madwifi-ng or ye olde one that I used) > it can be used in master mode with multiple virtual access-points. For > example, one could have separate WEP & open networks on the same > wireless card; these were presented as different interfaces (wifi0, > wifi1, wifi...) so they could be firewalled appropriately. > > This card is sitting here ready for when I rebuild the server (in my > Copious Free Time, obviously). > > Can anyone tell me if the ath5k drivers support virtual APs in this way? > It is VERY useful. Last time I checked, ath5k did not support master mode, but the managed mode is very good (or better than madwifi-ng) and they fixed a lot of concept problems dealing with the creation/destruction of virtual interfaces (or so I was told). BTW, you can set multiple APs (wlan0, wlan1, etc) with madwifi-ng, but everything is locked by the hardware interface (wifi0)... or by everything, I mean all your virtual stuff will have to operate under the same radio frequency (set on the hardware, in wifi0). Simon