* Mark Uemura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > like to know if anybody got a ralink-card working in hostap-mode. > > I had a ralink mini-pci working in hostap mode and running dhcpd > using this snapshot. > > OpenBSD 3.7-current (GENERIC) #134: Sun May 22 01:41:01 MDT 2005 > > $ sudo ifconfig ral0 media autoselect mediaopt hostap nwid mywap
Same thing I used (I added the media autoselect later, but it didn't change anything. No DHCP, nothing got through. > The interesting thing was that both 802.11g and 802.11b clients > had no problems connecting to the ral Access Point at the same > time believe it or not. The g client was rock solid but the b > client was up and down like a rollercoaster. I was informed > that I could easily kill a "g" network by introducing a "b" client > but that didn't happen for me :( Instead the "b" client was hanging > on for dear life. I didn't test 11g, but 11b worked fine, but only with static IP- addresses. > As of the snapshot above, ralink was not yet ready for prime time. > I was able to panic my wap quite easily just by starting an IPsec > session from the g client :( I've already sent the trace to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I know that the developers will get this sorted out in due time. > I'm just happy to have so many wireless device choices :) Well, I'm not using WEP and OpenVPN instead of IPsec. I didn't get my card to crash so far. But without working DHCP, hostap is not really useful. > > Is this a driver issue? > > Most likely but you should be able to get a "g" network working > pretty easily with a current snapshot. I didn't have a g-client at the time of my first writing. But I find it hard to imagine that DHCP didn't work because of 11b. Someone suggested to me off-list that there might be support for DHCP missing in the driver itself. -- Fridtjof Busse "You saw the president yesterday. I thought he was very forward- leaning, as they say in diplomatic nuanced circles." George W. Bush July 23, 2001 Referring to his meeting with President Vladimir Putin of Russia.
