On Fri, Feb 18, 2011 at 2:18 AM, Luis R. Rodriguez <mcgrof@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:24 PM, Till Kamppeter > <till.kamppeter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I have set up a page for project ideas for the Linux Foundation's >> participation in the Google Summer of Code 2011: >> >> https://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/gsoc/google-summer-code-2011 >> >> Please add your ideas to the sub-page of your work group. If you have >> problems mail me with your project idea. > > For 802.11 you can dump your ideas here: > > http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/GSoC/2011/ > > Luis Seeing as a few of the mac80211-based wireless drivers (for some of the more dumb/basic/cheap devices) has gained access-point(AP)-mode support code in the kernel recently in the last few months, it would probably be appropriate to add (if it isn't already there) or enhance access-point-mode support in some of the user-land tools like NetworkManager, nm-applet, or wireless assistant? I think hostapd doesn't care what type of drivers they are, except they need to claim to support AP mode, so I think hostapd is okay... but of course there are always the odd user-friendliness in various places that can do with a bit of more work about "setting up a network service", e.g. say, make it easier and more user-friendly to setting a bridge between wireless client and wired connectivity. This involves configuring hostapd, iptables for ip masquerading/network address translation, and possibly a few other things. Hin-Tak P.S. Till: please feel free to recycle past unfinished ideas and sign me up as possible mentors of relevant printer-stuff projects -- 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
