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From: Hans-Werner Hilse <hilse@×××.de>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] wpc54g card as AP -- works?
Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2005 14:50:21
Message-Id: 20050805164415.03e5f94c.hilse@web.de
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] wpc54g card as AP -- works? by Fernando Meira
1 Hi,
2
3 On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:28:46 +0000
4 Fernando Meira <fmeira@×××××.com> wrote:
5
6 > Does that mean that it is unadvised to use a PCMCIA card for AP functions?
7 > I won't need a good range... something that works fine up to 8 meters
8 > (between 2 rooms) is enough.
9 > I have to check if the driver I use allows Master mode.
10 >
11 > # ndiswrapper -l
12 > Installed ndis drivers:
13 > lsbcmnds driver present, hardware present
14 >
15 > Any idea?
16
17 ndiswrapper doesn't support master mode:
18 http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/FAQ#Is_master_mode_supported.3F
19
20 There would have to be a native linux driver, supporting soft-AP
21 facilities...
22
23 -hwh
24 --
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