Re: [zd1211-devs] Multiple zd1211 devices

[ovisfrank (s. by Nabble.com) <li...@na...>]

Hi,

Guennadi Liakhovetski wrote:

> On Fri, 13 Jan 2006, ovisfrank (sent by Nabble.com) wrote:
>
>> I have two zd1211-devices: ovislink wl-5480 and wl-5450. The homepage 
>> mentions that concurrently there is no support for multiple 
>> zd1211-devices. Are there any plans to change this in the near future or 
>> any workaround? Support for multiple device would be great, cause i 
>> wanted to set the wl-5450 in AP Mode and route through wl-5480.
>
> How would you do that? In the kernel I only found HostAP driver and the 
> help says only PCI Prism2/2.5/3 cards can be used like that? 

zd1211 supports AP mode (or master mode) too. Simply type:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 essid myhotspot
iwconfig wlan0 mode master

Check if you can see your hotspot with another 
wlan-device, after that configure routing from
wlan0 to the device handling the connection
to the internet. Besides the prism-chipset, some 
atheros-chipsets (madwifi driver) are capable of
master Mode too. atheros ar5212 for example.

> As for your 
> question, looks like you'll have to wait for the result of the effort of 
> re-writing the driver and including it in the mainline. Unlikely that the 
> present driver would require quite a few modifications to support multiple 
> devices - not worth the effort, better invest the time in developing the 
> new driver:-)

Thanks for the answer, it seems that I have to stick
with the atheros-card for second device. ;-)

Greetings
Frank
--
View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Multiple-zd1211-devices-t911398.html#a2379065
Sent from the zd1211-devs forum at Nabble.com.