Re: [SLUG] Linux wireless access point

[Carlo Sogono <carlo.sogono@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Simon Males wrote:
> By Prism2 you are referring to the hostap-driver. I would say yes that 
> it is still supported, mainly because it was one of the first wireless 
> drivers to kick arse.
>
> You may want to note that Prism2 is 802.11b.
>
> I just found this note on http://w1.fi/
>
> Note! Host AP driver was added into the main kernel tree in Linux 
> v2.6.14. The version in the kernel tree should be used instead of this 
> external hostap-driver package. The external releases are only for 
> older kernel versions and all the future development will be in the 
> main kernel tree.
>
> I think your in luck.
Thanks I've done a bit of digging around forums/lists last night and discovered Atheros chips support host AP as well. Ended up getting a Netgear WG311 PCI card (802.11g) that uses a 5212 Atheros chip. $37 bucks sure beats buying a new WAP.

Carlo