MADWIFI

> I have just subscribed to the list and I would like to know a couple of
> things. I have been able to compile the driver on my laptop, and, after
> running into some problems, I have been able to setup the ath0 interface.
>
> Here are some questions:
>
>     - Is the actual driver capable of establishing connections either
>       in 802.11 b or g mode ?
>

Yes.  Depending on the card you have (you've provided no info) the driver 
will scan all available channels looking for AP's.  If an AP that supports 
11g is selected then you'll get 11g.  Note that 11g is only supported by 
5212-based cards.

>     - I have not been able to setup the essid with:
>
> 		iwconfig ath0 essid "something"
>
>       or to change channels.
>

I've seen cases where the driver does not respond to management requests 
(e.g. set channel) if it's actively scanning for an AP to associate with. 
Never figured out why.  Module parameters might help in this regard but 
they should not be needed; the code is supposed to work regardless.

>     - I can set the mode of the card to "Managed" or "Master" but not
>       in "Ad-Hoc" or "Monitor". Is it not yet implemented ?
>

Monitor mode is not supported.  Adhoc mode is untested.  If the card was 
not responding to simple management operations like setting the ssid it's 
unlikely to respond to a request to change it's operating mode.

>     - I tried to connect to an 802.11b access point but when I tried
>       to list the access points I got none in range.
>

Works for me.  Can't help w/o more info.

>     - Do you plan to use CVS on sourceforge in future ? Could be helpful
>       to access changes without waiting for a new package release.
>

Eventually.  We're not trying to hoard the code just figure out the right 
way to keep things pointed in the right direction.  In addition to the 
Linux support there is also BSD support that is more actively developed (at 
the moment).  At some point these two paths of development may (will?) 
diverge but for now I'm trying to share as much effort as possible so 
everyone benefits.

> I know little of kernel-drivers writing, but if you need some help ... :-D
> I would be happy to help... either by testing the drivers or by providing
> code... :-D
>
> Just another question: I understand the driver to be a port from BSD...
> well, which BSD (Open/Net/Free) ?

The code was committed to FreeBSD this week.

	Sam