On Thu, 2011-03-03 at 09:34 +0530, Sridhar K. N. Rao wrote: > Hello All, > > I'm new to this list, and this is my first mail! > > Referring to the mail by Mr. Marcel Holtmann, sometime in 2009, in this list, > > "...... So to have any kind of mesh operation you would either need > to turn your WiMAX card into a basestation or have some ad-hoc mode > between two cards ...." > > Is it possible to achieve one of the above mentioned options (may be the > latter one), using the existing hardware? Like Intel 6250? > > If it is possible, can we also assume the current linux-wimax drivers can > be updated to implement the IEEE 802.16d extensions? The Intel i2400m-based hardware, as a consequence of a set of design decisions, receives and processes only the PDUs destined to it; thus, it is not usable to implement basestation or anything similar to ad-hoc mode.