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On Sunday, December 07, 2014 8:10:46 PM meino.cramer@×××.de wrote: |
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> Hi, |
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> I am just starting to do the first steps in configuring WLAN. |
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> The problem is: This topic seems to be rich of terms, which I |
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> dont know yet how to evaluate: AP, WAP, WEP, FSK...and dozens more. |
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> Since my use case is very limited I want to configure "just that" |
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> without being urged to achieve my master degree of WLANism after |
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> studying everything this topic consists of only to recognize that |
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> I only need to know about...say...2% of it. |
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> Background: I have two little Linux boards (Arietta G25) with |
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> a RT5370 Wireless Adapter each. |
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> I want to make both able to communicate with each other beside |
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> being able to use the ethernet-over-USB connection to enable |
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> the communication with/to my PC. |
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> The whole thing should be only accessible from the Ariettas. The PC |
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> will not have an wifi adapter. |
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You need to setup one of the boards (the one with the ethernet connection) or |
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a PC as an access point, see: http://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Hostapd |
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The wifi adapter on the boards must support AP mode for this to work, if it |
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doesn't then you need to setup a PC as an AP or just get a wireless router. |
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On the other one just follow the Gentoo installation manual to setup the |
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wireless link. |
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> Would be nice, if both could be configured/setup symmetrically, so |
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> no client-server relationship or something hierachical like that is |
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> needed. |
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I think 802.11n supports something like that but I'm not sure how it works or |
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if there's support for it on linux. |
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Fernando Rodriguez |
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