On Sat, 01 Jan 2011 10:22:40 -0800, briand wrote: > On Sat, 1 Jan 2011 16:30:52 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> OTOH, it seems that "iwl3945" driver does not allow the card to be set >> in master mode (AP), as you said: >> >> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers >> >> Additional documentation on this can be found here: >> >> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/hostapd >> >> > aargh. I think I finally figured out what's going on - the web pages > were quite confusing. looks like I'm SOL, and that I do _have_ to use > the iwl3945 driver for the device. I thought it had been superceded by > an open-source driver which provided AP functionality.
Let's see... Yes, the docs are quite confusing. As I understand, "nl80211" is not a driver "per se" but an API for drivers to use of it. It seems it will replace "wext" extentions and that's all its role. If we continue reading, we get: "All new mac80211 based drivers that implement AP functionality are supported with hostapd's nl80211 driver." Note the "that implement AP functionality", because I think that's the key point here. So we if we go to the drivers table we can see that Intel drivers support "cfg80211" but not all modes are available. > I was wrong. don't buy this card if you want to turn it into an AP. All > you folks that think closed-source drivers don't matter - this is why it > does. I can't do this precisely because this goofy card uses a closed > source binary firmware load. Yes, that's right. I'm afraid your hardware/firmware combo does not support AP mode :-( The "why", I dunno. Note that Broadcom cards (b43) or Ralink (rt2800, some models) also need a closed or non-modificable firmware but still they provide AP capabilities :-? Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.01.02.11.07...@gmail.com
