Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 09:26:55 -0600 (MDT) From: "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com> To: pippilongo@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: So many cards, so little to do Message-ID: <20020919.092655.59874091.imp@bsdimp.com> In-Reply-To: <20020917080816.34167.qmail@web12907.mail.yahoo.com> References: <20020917080816.34167.qmail@web12907.mail.yahoo.com>
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David Kulp <pippilongo@yahoo.com> writes:
: I have scavenged from various sources
:
: 1. Orinoco Silver (11Mbps wireless PCMCIA card)
: 2. ISA-PCMCIA bridged (VADEM VG-469)
: 3. 3COM 3CRWE62092A (11 Mbps wireless PCMCIA card with funky
: spring-loaded extendo antenna)
: 4. 2 ZoomAir 4000 (2Mbps wireless PCMCIA card)
: 5. One desktop workstation (with an ISA slot -- hard to come by these
: days -- and a 10BaseT ethernet connection to the outside)
: 6. 3 laptops running various releases of Windows, each with at least
: one PCMCIA slot
:
: You'd think I could do something *interesting* with all this, but so
: far only questions.
:
: I'd like to set up a wireless access point, firewall, and NAT on the
: workstation.
OK. none of the cards that you've listed are supported by our hostap
mode.
However, the ZoomAir 4000 cards are based on a chipset that just got
hostap support in NetBSD. I'd like to integrate that, but am a little
short on time for the next few months.
: The ZoomAir cards are recognized by pccardd, but are assigned to the
: 'awi' driver. This driver seems to be completely non-functional and
: the README in /usr/src seems to suggest as much.
I use awi cards all the time in ad-hoc mode.
: Any help with a driver for ZoomAir 2Mb cards? Isn't it a PRISM?
PRISM I, which needs its own driver. NetBSD's driver is better, but
you'd need to port some of the infrastructure from NetBSD to make it
work.
: Why would BSS mode (wicontrol -p 1) work with an ad-hoc network
: configuration?
Sometimes it just does.
: Last, the 3COM card does not support WEP for ad-hoc mode, only for
: access points. Is this the correct behavior? I have had no success
: if I set "wicontrol -p 3".
The 3com card shouldn't even work at all on FreeBSD. It need special
drivers since it isn't based on the same thing that the lucent and
prism2/3 cards are based on.
: So, in summary:
:
: 1. Any advice for the ZoomAir 4000? Is it PRISM? What driver is
: recommended?
awi.
: 2. Am I misunderstanding BSS vs ad-hoc? I find that BSS works with
: Windows clients running "Adhoc" or "peer-to-peer".
likely. Remember, there are two ad-hoc modes. There is a demo-ad-hoc
mode and ibss mode.
: 3. Is WEP only for access points, or is 3COM messing with me?
no, wep is for everbody.
: 4. Is it possible to build a wireless access point on a FreeBSD
: computer given the pieces I have?
Not today.
Warner
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