I think, for example, you can't do WPA in ad-hoc mode (only WPA2), so there's a reason. There are some others like this one.
Ivo On Thu, May 29, 2008 at 10:31 AM, Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 29 May 2008 08:59:10 +0200, Andy Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > We're helpless unless Atheros decided to implement Master mode in their >> closed firmware. Unfortunately the power advantages of having the bulk >> of the ieee80211 actions managed in the firmware are pretty compelling >> so I don't know how we get out of that bind. >> > > The very knowledge that we can't do something that the hardware would > technically be capable of is annoying, but I don't really see why we would > need to implement a true AP in the phone. For any reasonable use case I can > think of, ad-hoc mode should be enough. The only usability advantage of > being an AP would be that it can send beacon packets that allow other > devices to detect an available network, but sending beacon would be a > battery drain anyway. > > > -- > Alexey Feldgendler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > [ICQ: 115226275] http://feldgendler.livejournal.com > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community >
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