Re: No WLAN AP functionality
But will Packet Injection works for this chip? 2008/6/29 Esben Stien [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sadly no, as it's a hardmac chip and the proprietary firmware lacks this feature. Oh, no. That's really damn sad. -- Esben Stien is [EMAIL PROTECTED] s a http://www. s tn m irc://irc. b - i . e/%23contact sip:b0ef@ e e jid:b0ef@n n ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: No WLAN AP functionality
Why can't we use madwifi? I thought our wifi chips were atheros. On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 1:12 AM, Rod Whitby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Crane, Matthew wrote: But if you can plug a usb wifi stick which the kernel does support AP mode you could then use the internal wifi as the uplink. I'm finding it difficult to source a cheap usb wifi stick that Linux supports in AP mode. Do you have an example of one that you know works in this way, and has Linux drivers available for armel (which immediately cuts out any madwifi drivers due to eabi) ? -- Rod ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- - Bu mesaj UTF-8 ile kodlanmıştır - Atilla Filiz Technische Universiteit Eindhoven Embedded Systems, Master's Programme ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: No WLAN AP functionality
la, 2008-06-28 kello 11:31 +0200, Atilla Filiz kirjoitti: Why can't we use madwifi? I thought our wifi chips were atheros. All Atheros are not created equal. Madwifi is for Atheros' a5k series softmac laptop chips. This is a 6k series hardmac embedded chip. -- Mikko Rauhala - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - URL:http://www.iki.fi/mjr/ Transhumanist - WTA member - URL:http://www.transhumanism.org/ Singularitarian - SIAI supporter - URL:http://www.singinst.org/ ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: No WLAN AP functionality
Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sadly no, as it's a hardmac chip and the proprietary firmware lacks this feature. Oh, no. That's really damn sad. -- Esben Stien is [EMAIL PROTECTED] s a http://www. s tn m irc://irc. b - i . e/%23contact sip:b0ef@ e e jid:b0ef@n n ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
RE: No WLAN AP functionality
But if you can plug a usb wifi stick which the kernel does support AP mode you could then use the internal wifi as the uplink. Be subversive, provide free wifi at airports! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mikko Rauhala Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:51 AM To: community@lists.openmoko.org Subject: No WLAN AP functionality On pe, 2008-06-27 at 10:47 -0500, Hans L wrote: On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:49 AM, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to use the WiFi in the FreeRunner as an access point? Sadly no, as it's a hardmac chip and the proprietary firmware lacks this feature. You should be able to use ad hoc mode for most purposes, albeit not always as conveniently. -- Mikko Rauhala [EMAIL PROTECTED] University of Helsinki ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: No WLAN AP functionality
Crane, Matthew wrote: But if you can plug a usb wifi stick which the kernel does support AP mode you could then use the internal wifi as the uplink. I'm finding it difficult to source a cheap usb wifi stick that Linux supports in AP mode. Do you have an example of one that you know works in this way, and has Linux drivers available for armel (which immediately cuts out any madwifi drivers due to eabi) ? -- Rod ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
