"ext Frantisek Dufka" <dufkaf at seznam.cz> writes: > Toby Proctor wrote: >> Just a thought I had last night, but is it possible to "reverse the >> polarity" of the WLAN on the N800 and turn it into a small, portable >> hotspot which uses e.g. an HSDPA cellphone as the backhaul? >> >> Toby > > Well even if it was possible, it isn't very good idea battery-wise. When > running as AP battery would run out _very_ quicky since AP mode cannot > use WLAN power saving and need to communicate a lot. Exactly. With good luck you might get something like 5-6 hours of usage time. Also master mode is not supported on N800. But you might want to try Ad-Hoc mode. But it doesn't support Power Save Mode either. -- Kalle Valo
