Re: [gentoo-user] wpc54g card as AP -- works?

[Fernando Meira <fmeira@gmail.com>]

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hmm...
not nice...
There's no other way to work with my card unless with ndiswrapper... at 
least from what I read.
What about Ad-Hoc? Would it be possible to provide internet access to other 
pcs?

Fernando

On 8/5/05, Hans-Werner Hilse <hilse@web.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:28:46 +0000
> Fernando Meira <fmeira@gmail.com> 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
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