b43 AP Support

2009-03-16 Thread David Ellingsworth
I'm looking for a PCI based wireless card to add to my Linux router in order to setup a wireless access point. I'm currently considering the use of a b43 based card, but http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 indicates that AP mode is blocked by proper support in mac80211 and hostapd. Is

Re: b43 AP Support

2009-03-16 Thread Larry Finger
David Ellingsworth wrote: > I'm looking for a PCI based wireless card to add to my Linux router in > order to setup a wireless access point. I'm currently considering the > use of a b43 based card, but > http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/b43 indicates that AP > mode is blocked by proper

Re: b43 AP Support

2009-03-16 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 16 March 2009 15:53:03 Larry Finger wrote: > David Ellingsworth wrote: > > I'm looking for a PCI based wireless card to add to my Linux router in > > order to setup a wireless access point. I'm currently considering the > > use of a b43 based card, but > > http://www.linuxwireless.org/en/

Re: b43 AP Support

2009-03-16 Thread Larry Finger
Michael Buesch wrote: > > Did you check if it does actually work correctly? Especially beaconing. > There were lots of changes to b43's beaconing, which were not ported to > legacy. I should probably look at porting those changes. My test AP showed up in a scan and I could authenticate and asso

Re: b43 AP Support

2009-03-16 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 16 March 2009 16:23:51 Larry Finger wrote: > Michael Buesch wrote: > > > > Did you check if it does actually work correctly? Especially beaconing. > > There were lots of changes to b43's beaconing, which were not ported to > > legacy. > > I should probably look at porting those changes

Re: b43 AP Support

2009-03-16 Thread David Ellingsworth
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:45 AM, Michael Buesch wrote: > On Monday 16 March 2009 16:23:51 Larry Finger wrote: >> Michael Buesch wrote: >> > >> > Did you check if it does actually work correctly? Especially beaconing. >> > There were lots of changes to b43's beaconing, which were not ported to >>

Re: b43 AP Support

2009-03-16 Thread Larry Finger
David Ellingsworth wrote: > > Thank you all for the helpful information... Once the weekend comes > around again, I'll take a look a trying to get something working. I'm > willing to help test and port the necessary changes to legacy as well. I found 2 patches that I think are the ones Michael me

Re: b43 AP Support

2009-03-16 Thread Michael Buesch
On Monday 16 March 2009 18:20:18 David Ellingsworth wrote: > Thank you all for the helpful information... Once the weekend comes > around again, I'll take a look a trying to get something working. I just took a good'ol WRT54Gv2.2 (rev7 wireless core) and put latest OpenWRT trunk on it. It works pr