Am Donnerstag 18 September 2008 10:26:11 schrieb Andy Green: > | a) I heared the driver supports adhoc interfaces, is this correct ? > > I also heard it is supported, I do not know status of it. > > AR6001 is fullmac device, so there is a big chunk of closed firmware > between us and the hardware that regulates what we can do with it. Okay, that's not good...
> | b) If yes, does the driver support promiscuous mode (can I hear adhoc > > packets > > | send between two other devices in range) ? > | > | c) Does the driver support monitor mode with radiotap header or is there > | another way to get the signal strength of other wlan adhoc stations in > | range ? > > AIUI there is no monitor mode support, and that's down to the closed > firmware. There has been no update of AR6001 firmware since before > production and Atheros keep the firmware update utility private, so I > would not hold your breath. Bad... > What IFF_PROMISC gets you in adhoc context I don't know either, but > unless it passes it to the firmware the answer would be "your own > traffic" I guess. Is there someone on this list who has a small adhoc net and can test this ? If the driver does not support promisc mode it would be useless for us. :( Henning ************************************************* Diplom Informatiker Henning Rogge Forschungsgesellschaft für Angewandte Naturwissenschaften e. V. (FGAN) Neuenahrer Str. 20, 53343 Wachtberg, Germany Tel.: 0049 (0)228 9435-961 Fax: 0049 (0)228 9435-685 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: www.fgan.de ************************************************ Sitz der Gesellschaft: Bonn Registergericht: Amtsgericht Bonn VR 2530 Vorstand: Dr. rer. nat. Ralf Dornhaus (Vors.), Prof. Dr. Joachim Ender (Stellv.)
