Re: Wifi host AP thoughts

2011-01-09 Thread Stuart Henderson
USB wlan devices are pretty horrible for hostap. Usable at a push, but I wouldn't purchase one primarily to run an access point. At this point I would be looking at athn(4) if you can live without power-saving mode (users of blackberry phones and some other devices cannot; people intending to prov

Re: Wifi host AP thoughts

2011-01-02 Thread Jussi Peltola
In my experience, the caveat makes using most devices next to impossible. It is way worse than using 3G data. I use separate APs. They're usually cheaper and easier to find than supported cards, anyway.

Re: Wifi host AP thoughts

2011-01-02 Thread Pieter Verberne
On Sun, 02 Jan 2011 04:17:56 -0800, Russell wrote: On 01/01/2011 10:43 PM, Greg Steuck wrote: I was thinking of building a new wifi AP. The following is a stream of thoughts on the subject. Any constructive suggestions are welcome. Requirements: * Compatibility with Androids, Kindles, x86 L

Re: Wifi host AP thoughts

2011-01-02 Thread Josh Smith
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 7:17 AM, Russell wrote: > On 01/01/2011 10:43 PM, Greg Steuck wrote: >> >> I was thinking of building a new wifi AP. The following is a stream of >> thoughts on the subject. Any constructive suggestions are welcome. >> >> Requirements: >> B * Compatibility with Androids, Ki

Re: Wifi host AP thoughts

2011-01-02 Thread Russell
On 01/01/2011 10:43 PM, Greg Steuck wrote: I was thinking of building a new wifi AP. The following is a stream of thoughts on the subject. Any constructive suggestions are welcome. Requirements: * Compatibility with Androids, Kindles, x86 Linux, OpenBSD wifi clients * Strong in-doors signa