This sounds a lot like WDS, except on the client side. Thoughput is cut significantly, but it will still work.
Checkout HostAP, it supports WDS and this could all be done on your linux client card. > -----Original Message----- > From: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > awug.org] On Behalf Of Gilles Boccon-Gibod > Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 5:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [BAWUG] Two modes on a single radio (single radio > repeater/router) > > Is there any wya to run an 802.11 card in two modes at the same time > in order to create a single radio repeater/router? > More precisely, I'd like to configure a card+driver so that it acts as > a STA (client connected to an access point), and also send/receive > packets on an ad-hoc network. > Then, I want to route packets to/from the ad-hoc network and the > access point network. > > What I'm trying to do is the following: > a laptop L1, with an 802.11 PC card, connects to an Access point AP1, > which is connected to the internet. L1 also joins an ad-hoc network, > on the same channel as AP1, also joined by a second laptop L2. L2 can > talk to L1 over the ad-hoc network, but cannot talk to AP1. When the > second laptop wants to send packets out to the internet, it would > route through the laptop L1 by sending packets on the ad-hoc network, > which > L1 would then send out through AP1: > > L2 <--- ah-hoc ---> L1 <---- managed/AP mode ----> AP1 <--- internet > > Now, this is very simple to do if L1 has TWO PC cards. One joins the > ad-hoc network, and the other one connects to the AP. But I want to do > it with a single PC card. Of course, this will most likely force me to > have the ad-hoc network be on the same channel as the AP, but that's > Ok. > > Essentially, this is a one-radio repeater. > > Any idea how to do this (on Linux, BSD, or any other system) ? > > -- Gilles > _______________________________________________ > BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] > http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > _______________________________________________ BAWUG's general wireless chat mailing list [unsubscribe] http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
