On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 21:35:36 +1000
Brian McKerr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> can anyone tell me if running 'ath' based cards in hostap mode is
> reliable and stable ? I'm deciding whether to get a linksys wrt54g or
> to throw an ath based card in my firewall and run it as the AP.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ /sbin/ifconfig ath0
ath0:
flags=8963<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,PROMISC,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST>
mtu 1500 lladdr 00:02:6f:21:ea:79 media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11b
hostap status: active
ieee80211: nwid narf chan 3 bssid 00:02:6f:21:ea:79
[snip]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uptime
9:23PM up 29 days, 4:38, 1 user, load averages: 0.94, 0.76, 0.63
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ uname -a
OpenBSD mudrublic.narf.ssji.net 3.8 GENERIC#119 i386
Speaks by itself ;)
Be careful: 3.7 GENERIC has a problem with these chips, freezing the
system after a certain amount of data transferred in hostap mode.
Never had a problem since upgrading to 3.8-beta.
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Olivier Mehani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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