Hi Misko,
Well, I also got the same idea. Adapted wifi-dongles are a bit like the
SDR DVB-T dongles: cheap and easy ways to get people involved into
digital communication, especially Ghz communication.
(and for me, it's also a way to learn more about linux drivers).
Thanks for your links. I can read [nl], [fr], [de] and [en] so that is
good, however, Polish is not on that list. I hope the translate-machines
on the internet can make something usefull out of this.
However, I have not really seen a lot of information on what I am
working on: patching wifi-drivers for linux.
The work on the atheros chipset to get them to work on 2.3 Ghz is based
on work done by two hams from Romania. The AC600 sticks is something I
started myself.
Concerning releasing the code, I am actually discussing this with some
people.
Not that I do not understand how open-source works, but we do have to be
carefull not to let anybody get on ham-band frequencies, even people
without a ham-license who do not adhere to ham-radio regulation
(identification of stations, no-encryption, carefull and non-interfering
operations, ...)
One idea I have at this time is to create a ham-radio-only kernel driver
that is for actually more limited then normal wifi for normal users:
e.g. by removing the encryption layer.
What book are you writing for? Is it one on this list?
73
kristoff - ON1ARF
On 22-02-16 22:42, Miroslav Skoric wrote:
On 02/21/2016 10:29 PM, Kristoff wrote:
So I am looking for people who can help me with information about this:
- does anybody have a good document that explains how userland
application interact with a kernel wifi network driver: sending data,
receiving data, iwconfig, iw, iwpriv, ...
- Does anybody have experience with adapting wifi devices for ham-radio?
I did some work on atheros-based wifi dongles to get them to operate on
2.3 Ghz before, but these "mt7610u" drivers seams to be a lot more
complex. So any advice would be helpfull.
Is there documentation of other simular projects?
Hi Kristoff,
Some information related to using Wifi in ham radio you can find there:
http://hamnet.ugu.pl/download/HamNET.pdf
http://sp2pmk.ampr.org/
http://wiki.hamnet.ugu.pl/download/HamNET-Winlink_Emcom.pdf
http://www.broadband-hamnet.org/
https://www.arcman.de/doku.phphttp://db0fhn.efi.fh-nuernberg.de/doku.php?id=projects:wlan:hamnet
https://www.tapr.org/pdf/DCC2014-TheEuropeanHAMNET-DG8NGN.pdf
Maybe something from above might help you (depending on your foreign
language skills). You can also share with us the sources you find
elsewhere (as well as your own achievements). In fact, as a book
chapter author I look for prospective contributors to my planned
publication on ham radio in education, and I consider WiFi adaptation
to ham purpose as a valuable topic for further rethinking in academic
environments.
Best regards, 73!
Miroslav "Misko" Skoric, YT7MPB
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