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On 13 Nov 2008, at 19:32, Simon wrote: |
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> I discussed some time ago with some folks at madwifi and... the |
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> answer was basically that they need help. The drivers are far from |
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> being alright, there are obvious issues that still needs to be |
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> addressed... the creation/destruction of interface wasn't working |
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> very well (this is like 3 months ago). |
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> The conclusion was to move on to ath5k, the newer drivers for |
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> atheros wireless cards, I was told madwifi was to be obsolete soon. |
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I have an Allnet ALL0281 here which I haven't used in a while, but |
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which I was VERY pleased with under madwifi. |
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Under madwifi (not sure if it was madwifi-ng or ye olde one that I |
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used) it can be used in master mode with multiple virtual access- |
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points. For example, one could have separate WEP & open networks on |
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the same wireless card; these were presented as different interfaces |
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(wifi0, wifi1, wifi...) so they could be firewalled appropriately. |
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This card is sitting here ready for when I rebuild the server (in my |
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Copious Free Time, obviously). |
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Can anyone tell me if the ath5k drivers support virtual APs in this |
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way? It is VERY useful. |
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Stroller. |
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