On 01/07/2014 05:24 AM, Duy Tai Nguyen wrote: > Dir sir! > I'm a student of University of Technology HCMC, When I find whether > Android is able to support virtual network interface (vif) like vif in > linux (wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw/vif/) > I am wondering if you can help me explain some questions below. > 1. does android kernel support virtual network interface (vif)? > 2. does 802.11 standard consist of vif? > 3. does all WiFi cards support vif or only some of them? The android phone I looked at briefly was running an Atheros based NIC, but it did not support more than one station VIF. Possibly other systems can do more, but I think it is not very likely. In general, if you want multiple stations vifs, you need ath9k, and for more than just a few stations, you need a pci or pci-e based NIC (not USB). Ath5k might work in some cases, and with proper firmware and some driver tweaks, ath10k should support some as well. Thanks, Ben -- Ben Greear <greearb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Candela Technologies Inc http://www.candelatech.com -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
