From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri May 30 01:12:26 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7876D37B401 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 01:12:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [66.92.160.223]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 708C243F85 for ; Fri, 30 May 2003 01:12:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mdodd@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from sasami.jurai.net (sasami.jurai.net [66.92.160.223]) by sasami.jurai.net (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h4U8CJ3q092979; Fri, 30 May 2003 04:12:19 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from mdodd@FreeBSD.ORG) Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 04:12:19 -0400 (EDT) From: "Matthew N. Dodd" X-X-Sender: winter@sasami.jurai.net To: Benjamin Close In-Reply-To: <3ED6A408.1060003@cs.unisa.edu.au> Message-ID: <20030530041048.F86964@sasami.jurai.net> References: <3ED6A408.1060003@cs.unisa.edu.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Hermes based cards & MonitorMode/Hostap X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 08:12:26 -0000 On Fri, 30 May 2003, Benjamin Close wrote: > Does anyone know if there is plans to support hostap or monitor mode > on the hermes based chipset wireless cards? I know hostap requires a > tertiary firmware to be uploaded to the card so would probably violate > the BSD license. But monitor mode doesn't. I'd taken a look at the Linux stuff that enabled monitor mode on the Hermes and wrote a bit of code but its since rotted and I haven't had a chance to look at it again. -- | Matthew N. Dodd | '78 Datsun 280Z | '75 Volvo 164E | FreeBSD/NetBSD | | winter@jurai.net | 2 x '84 Volvo 245DL | ix86,sparc,pmax | | http://www.jurai.net/~winter | For Great Justice! | ISO8802.5 4ever |