Libertas AP mode

[Dan Williams]

On Fri, 2010-04-02 at 10:48 -0700, Andrey Yurovsky wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:44 AM, Nico Schümann <devel at nico22.de> wrote:
> > Am 02.04.10 19:41, schrieb Andrey Yurovsky:
> >>
> >> On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Nico Schümann<devel at nico22.de>  wrote:
> >>
> >>>
> >>> I have got a Netgear W311v3 PCI card and would like to use it in AP mode.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Your card, being PCI, isn't supported by Libertas anyway.
> >
> > Whoop, that actually surprises my, since I run my W311v3 card with the
> > Libertas Linux Kernel driver.
> 
> Really?  What's the driver called? (lsmod or modinfo it please).  If
> anything, you're using the Marvell vendor driver for that card?

ndiswrapper maybe?

Dan

> >> That said,
> >> these are full-MAC devices (the MAC is implemented in their firmware)
> >> and they do not support AP mode.  That's not something that can be
> >> addressed on the host system.
> >>
> >
> > OK, thank you for the explaination. So the simple answer is that I have to
> > buy another card.
> 
> Yes.  From personal experience, I recommend something with the Atheros
> chipsets (ath5k driver) or maybe Broadcom B43.  I've used both in AP
> mode.  This list should help:
> http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers
> 
>   -Andrey
> 
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