Re: Network card for DIY AP?

I was wrong. It's an SMC EZ Connect G Model number SMC2802W.

Good luck with your project!

Anthony

Anthony Valentine wrote:

>The card that I have does this just fine. I bought it a long time ago
>and haven't looked at it since I installed it, but I think that it is a
>D-Link card. According to lspci and /proc/pci, it appears to be a
>D-Link DWL-g650 with a Prism GT chipset:
>
>0000:00:0b.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation Intersil ISL3890
>[Prism GT/Prism Duette] (rev 01)
>
>Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
> Network controller: Harris Semiconductor D-Links DWL-g650 A1 (rev 1).
> IRQ 10.
> Master Capable. Latency=80. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=28.
> Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe2000000 [0xe2001fff].
>
>
>I'll try to remember to check the actual make and model of the card and
>let you know if it is different.
>
>
>
>You can set the mode (to Master) using the iwconfig tool in the
>wireless-tools package available from
>http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html
>
>>From the iwconfig man page:
>
> mode Set the operating mode of the device, which depends on the
>network topology. The mode
> can be Ad-Hoc (network composed of only one cell and
>without Access Point), Managed
> (node connects to a network composed of many Access
>Points, with roaming), Master
> (the node is the synchronisation master or acts as an
>Access Point), Repeater (the
> node forwards packets between other wireless nodes),
>Secondary (the node acts as a
> backup master/repeater), Monitor (the node acts as a
>passive monitor and only
> receives packets) or Auto.
> Example :
> iwconfig eth0 mode Managed
> iwconfig eth0 mode Ad-Hoc
>
>
>I don't actually use the card much, since anytime I enable WEP the
>connection speed slows to a crawl. It isn't a very powerfull server,
>and I am gussing the CPU does the encryption and not the card (same
>thing happens when using ssh). However, using it without WEP enabled
>works great.
>
>
>
>Joshua Kugler wrote:
>
>
>
>>I'm installing a second computer at home that will be for development and
>>internet sharing. I'd like to get rid of my Linksys AP, and just server the
>>wireless connection right from the server. I forget the mode in which a card
>>must operate to serve as an access point. I know a lot of card can do
>>Infrastructure (connect to an AP, right?) and Ad-hoc, which is peer-to-peer,
>>but what must a card be able to do to act as an AP?
>>
>>Thanks!
>>
>>j----- k-----
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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