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Eugene Rosenzweig wrote: |
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> Fernando Meira wrote: |
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>> Hi, |
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>> I wanted to provide wireless connection to the internet for other |
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>> laptops at home. |
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>> To do this, one laptop is connected via eth0 and wlan0 should work as |
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>> AP to all others. |
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>> I have been following the |
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>> HOWTO:http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Building_a_Wireless_Access_Point_With_Gentoo |
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>> and trying to find solution in forums... but I can't get it working. |
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>> The wireless card is working with ndiswrapper. |
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>> When I try to set it to Master, I get this: |
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>> # iwconfig wlan0 mode Master |
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>> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : |
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>> SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument. |
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>> Does this means that the card is unable to perform the task I want, |
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>> or what am I doing wrong? |
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>> Is there any other HOWTO with better instructions? Or anyone that can |
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>> provide me a step-by-step configuration? |
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>> Thanks in advance. |
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>> Fernando. |
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> The way I understand it, the ability to work in AP mode is determined |
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> by the drivers which must implement the SoftAP protocols (master |
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> mode). So, you need to know which chipset and which drivers you are |
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> using for your card (a lot of manufacturers, including Linksys, change |
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> their wireless chipsets often, without changing the product model). |
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> Then you can find out if the drivers support the master mode. |
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> Eugene. |
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This is a pretty cool idea, but I wonder what the range on something |
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like this is. Considering that the transmitting capability of a PCMCIA |
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card isn't very high. Do you risk burning out the card or the slot by |
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forcing more power to it? will the PCMCIA bus permit diverting more |
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power to a card? |
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