Re: Virtual Network Interface

[Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>]

On 01/07/2014 05:24 AM, Duy Tai Nguyen wrote:
> Dir sir!
> I'm a student of University of Technology HCMC, When I find whether
> Android is able to support virtual network interface (vif) like vif in
> linux (wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Documentation/iw/vif/)
> I am wondering if you can help me explain some questions below.
> 1. does android kernel support virtual network interface (vif)?
> 2. does 802.11 standard consist of vif?
> 3. does all WiFi cards support vif or only some of them?

The android phone I looked at briefly was running an Atheros
based NIC, but it did not support more than one station VIF.

Possibly other systems can do more, but I think it is not
very likely.

In general, if you want multiple stations vifs, you need
ath9k, and for more than just a few stations, you need a
pci or pci-e based NIC (not USB).

Ath5k might work in some cases, and with proper firmware and
some driver tweaks, ath10k should support some as well.

Thanks,
Ben



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