> I know that mac80211 is not there yet, but on the other hand > OpenWRT seems to run on a lot of hardware with very different NICs. How > does OpenWRT implement the AP functionality? Either with hostapd or the broadcom proprietary driver. > I'm considering a PCCard based NIC with something like the old Compaq iPAQ > PC Card Expansion Pack. In this case an Atheros card with Madwifi might > work. Does this work? Is there a NIC (Broadcom maybe) that is better > suited? > > Is there a CompactFlash based WLAN NIC with an AP capable Linux driver? There's a Broadcom CF card. I have one, but it's not DMA capable in Linux because of the PCMCIA subsystem (IIRC). If you're willing to invest some work, it should be possible to get the the N810 working with mac80211/p54spi but it's not there yet and I don't have time to work on it. johannes
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