Re: Network card for DIY AP?

Thanks for the info. Now that I know what I need (Master), I need to find a
card that will run like that. Some reports I hear seem to indicate any card
can do it, others that a card must be able to enter a certain mode to do it.
I'll keep looking.

Thanks all!

j----- k-----

On Thursday 05 May 2005 10:29, 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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