hostap_driver-0.3.7 and wireless-tools

Jar jar
Sat Feb 19 14:26:59 PST 2005


Jouni Malinen wrote:
> What do you mean by "needing WE18"?

After update and fresh boot I get:

(This is from a pc with one WL200 in Managed mode)

#iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device wifi0 recommend version 18 of Wireless Extension,
but has been compiled with version 17, therefore some driver features
may not be available...

wifi0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"XXXXXX"  Nickname:"xxxx"
           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.447GHz  Access Point: 
00:50:XX:XX:XX:XX
           Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Sensitivity=1/3
           Retry limit:14   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Encryption key:off
           Power Management:off

wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"XXXXXX"  Nickname:"xxxx"
           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.447GHz  Access Point: 
00:50:XX:XX:XX:XX
           Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Sensitivity=1/3
           Retry limit:14   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Encryption key:off
           Power Management:off
           Link Quality=9/70  Signal level=-91 dBm  Noise level=-100 dBm
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth0      no wireless extensions.


(This is from pc with one WL200 in AP mode + one pci card in AP mode)

#iwconfig -v
iwconfig  Wireless-Tools version 27
           Compatible with Wireless Extension v11 to v17.

Kernel    Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v17.

wifi0     Recommend Wireless Extension v18 or later,
           Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v17.

wlan0     Recommend Wireless Extension v18 or later,
           Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v17.

dev14422  Recommend Wireless Extension v18 or later,
           Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v17.

wlan1     Recommend Wireless Extension v18 or later,
           Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v17.

Best Regards, Jar




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