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 1E16vt-0007Un-9p for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 05 Aug 2005 18:28:37 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id j75IQRls019262; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 18:26:27 GMT Received: from nproxy.gmail.com (nproxy.gmail.com [64.233.182.203]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j75ILbld031149 for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 18:21:38 GMT Received: by nproxy.gmail.com with SMTP id l37so153092nfc for ; Fri, 05 Aug 2005 11:22:31 -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=OSay2sxGJOec0U7pFwxQE0dVKciwb4+70WswrqQnpmnt0oZKAw+SrUbHB8rcwO0U9aGwwrcym/wdr4by2amboILJpiDNqsfqzZs62hmesYQO5Dcxgd6Ts2pLl+00tUcFwJCLBIQtbE5xD2prMS24KfZWJGh7Cz6C/btyU5ze/s4= Received: by 10.48.239.18 with SMTP id m18mr107569nfh; Fri, 05 Aug 2005 11:22:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.48.142.10 with HTTP; Fri, 5 Aug 2005 11:22:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 5 Aug 2005 18:22:31 +0000 From: Fernando Meira To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wpc54g card as AP -- works? In-Reply-To: <20050805164415.03e5f94c.hilse@web.de> 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_8875_1476981.1123266151913" References: <42F1C205.6010603@internode.on.net> <42F1FA35.10505@cfrscca.net> <20050804135144.1dfcd616.hilse@web.de> <42F20F85.2070404@cfrscca.net> <20050805164415.03e5f94c.hilse@web.de> X-Archives-Salt: 4d747219-a695-471f-878c-0eb19597f130 X-Archives-Hash: 6690bda30182635182e91cbfb95c6bb6 ------=_Part_8875_1476981.1123266151913 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline hmm... not nice... There's no other way to work with my card unless with ndiswrapper... at=20 least from what I read. What about Ad-Hoc? Would it be possible to provide internet access to other= =20 pcs? Fernando On 8/5/05, Hans-Werner Hilse wrote: >=20 > Hi, >=20 > On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:28:46 +0000 > Fernando Meira wrote: >=20 > > Does that mean that it is unadvised to use a PCMCIA card for AP=20 > 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? >=20 > ndiswrapper doesn't support master mode: >=20 > http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/FAQ#Is_master_mode= _supported.3F >=20 > There would have to be a native linux driver, supporting soft-AP > facilities... >=20 > -hwh > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list >=20 > ------=_Part_8875_1476981.1123266151913 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline hmm...
not nice...
There's no other way to work with my card unless with ndiswrapper... at lea= st 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 <hi= lse@web.de> wrote:
Hi,

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:28:46 +0000
Fernando Meira <fmeira@gmail.com> wrote:

> Do= es 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<= br>> (between 2 rooms) is enough.
> I have to check if the driver = I use allows Master mode.
>
> # ndiswrapper -l
> Installe= d ndis drivers:
> lsbcmnds driver present, hardware present
>
> Any idea= ?

ndiswrapper doesn't support master mode:
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