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 1E0hig-00030B-Lk for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 15:33:19 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j74FVhhD014806; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:31:43 GMT Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.206]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j74FS81N013390 for ; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:28:09 GMT Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id l37so94370nfc for ; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:28:46 -0700 (PDT) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Dk09QcgEBBYiHwCwBljps9Ima/+0rLygAeriI84bWnPl3Gp8UnqrmaveowiEKqiQffrG2eZPl1ueCav/J89TrmHBz/hcLPQIbAVZ8NcUuGGlMd3z1nOj2dY+am7Ug49yuNk4EI7cyYTaO5ih8Gup+FpombwNrmoUsqQbYR8JRj8= Received: by 10.48.142.20 with SMTP id p20mr33130nfd; Thu, 04 Aug 2005 08:28:46 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.142.10 with HTTP; Thu, 4 Aug 2005 08:28:46 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:28:46 +0000 From: Fernando Meira To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wpc54g card as AP -- works? In-Reply-To: <42F20F85.2070404@cfrscca.net> 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: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_4111_7135058.1123169326534" References: <42F1C205.6010603@internode.on.net> <42F1FA35.10505@cfrscca.net> <20050804135144.1dfcd616.hilse@web.de> <42F20F85.2070404@cfrscca.net> X-Archives-Salt: 7cc9eb1c-4d93-44aa-95b5-b1763cc2e8f3 X-Archives-Hash: 9ad55602aa5807d0bd0a178737121915 ------=_Part_4111_7135058.1123169326534 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline 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=20 (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? Fernando. On 8/4/05, Craig Zeigler wrote: >=20 > Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: >=20 > >Hi, > > > >On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 07:21:25 -0400 > >Craig Zeigler wrote: > > > > > > > >>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? > >> > >> > > > >Huh? "Forcing more power to the card"?!? You mean, increase the > >current? Or how else do you want to archieve that? Nah, this wouldn't > >work. You'd have to set up power level by means of the pcmcia card, > >that is by using "iwconfig ... power ...", in most cases. > > > >Well, and I know a few PCMCIA cards that do 100mWatts output. In fact, > >a whole bunch of APs internally use standard WLAN cards that are just > >flashed with a different Firmware. > > > >-hwh > > > > > thats pretty cool to know. When I take a PCMCIA card out of my laptop > its quite hot. I was just wondering if asking it to draw more power (in > oncrease transmit power) would pose a cooling problem. The APs have the > benefit of at least convection cooling. not to mention better antennas. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >=20 > ------=_Part_4111_7135058.1123169326534 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline Does that mean that it is unadvised to use a PCMCIA card for AP functions?<= br> I won't need a good range... something that works fine up to 8 meters (betw= een 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?

Fernando.

On 8/4/05, Craig Zeigler <craig@cfrscca= .net> wrote:
Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:

>Hi,
>
>On Thu, 04 Aug 2005 = 07:21:25 -0400
>Craig Zeigler <craig@cfrscca.net> wrote:
>
>
>
>>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 o= r the slot by
>>forcing more power to it? will the PCMCIA bus perm= it diverting more
>>power to a card?
>>
>>
>
>Huh? &q= uot;Forcing more power to the card"?!? You mean, increase the
>c= urrent? Or how else do you want to archieve that? Nah, this wouldn't
>work. You'd have to set up power level by means of the pcmcia card,
= >that is by using "iwconfig ... power ...", in most cases.
= >
>Well, and I know a few PCMCIA cards that do 100mWatts output. I= n fact,
>a whole bunch of APs internally use standard WLAN cards that are ju= st
>flashed with a different Firmware.
>
>-hwh
>>
thats pretty cool to know. When I take a PCMCIA card out of my lap= top
its quite hot. I was just wondering if asking it to draw more power (in=
oncrease transmit power) would pose a cooling problem. The APs have the=
benefit of at least convection cooling. not to mention better antennas.
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