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 support in mac80211 and hostapd. Is this > still the case? If not, which versions of the kernel and hostapd > include the proper support? I already own a b43legacy device, and > would like to attempt to configure it as an AP before committing to > buy another b43 based PCI card.
Obviously, the wiki needs to be updated. My BCM4306/2 PCMCIA card that uses b43legacy as the driver supports AP mode using the driver from wireless-testing (or compat-wireless) and the current hostapd (0.6.8). The minimum is nl80211 in the kernel and support for it in hostapd. I'm just getting started with testing AP mode, but I think any supported BCM43XX should work as an AP. Larry _______________________________________________ Bcm43xx-dev mailing list [email protected] https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/bcm43xx-dev
