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Re: What is needed to inplement a AP support in a driver?

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Hi,
> Why iwl3945 still doesn't support AP mode?
see also this patch, titled: "wlwifi: disable AP mode"

http://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-wireless/msg24688.html

Regards,
Rami Rosen





On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 3:06 AM, Maxim Levitsky <maximlevitsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I recently found that now ath5k supports AP mode.
> I also found that most of the work is now done in userspace.
>
> Since many drivers including my IWL3945 support sending beacons for IBSS
> (strictly speaking userspace can send them too, but this is  sub
> optimal), what else driver must support for AP?
>
> Sending to several stations ? (IBSS already has this), have several
> virtual devices (this is optional feature), what else?
>
> Why iwl3945 still doesn't support AP mode?
>
> If I patch it to support it (just add ap to list of allowed modes) will
> it work? (I soon anyway try out....)
>
> Best regards,
>        Maxim Levitsky
>
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