Anyone using HostAP ?

Schmolch · l33t Joined: 16 Jun 2002 Posts: 746 Location: Germany

Hey now.

Im currently using a prism2-card with HostAP and it works well but if possible i would like to switch to another Chipset*.
Now the Question is which other chipsets would work_with/support HostAP, is anybody using HostAP with a different Chipset??

*The reason i want to switch is my tiny laptop, it has 1 pcmcia-slot thats used for the WAN connection and one mini-pci slot that has the prism2-card. There is not much room for the minipci-card though and my prism-card as well as all the others i've seen is bigger than other cards and i am forced to cut off a piece and therefore lose the 2nd antenna-connector. To increase the Range of the WLAN i would like to have 2 Antennas though and now im considering to get a different Card/Chipset and need to check if HostAP would work on that.

Regards,
Sascha

el_Salmon · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 11:52 pm Post subject:

How did you setup and config hostap driver in your laptop ?

Hostap module loads fine in my laptop but wlan0 doesn't appear.

Schmolch · l33t Joined: 16 Jun 2002 Posts: 746 Location: Germany

i followed http://www.google.de/url?sa=t&ct=res&cd=1&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgentoo-wiki.com%2FHOWTO_Building_a_Wireless_Access_Point_With_Gentoo&ei=5unPROiLGoi42AL5qaC3BA&sig2=E7K-OH-CEuv38zch3ESXHA

el_Salmon · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 8:52 am Post subject:

Really? That page is incomplete and very generic.