Re: rt73usb Access point status

Luis Correia
2009-04-30T09:58:11Z

Jon,

got the specifics.

On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:51, Luis Correia <luis.f.correia@gmail.com> =
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:39, Jon Fairbairn <jon.fairbairn@cl.cam.ac=
=2Euk> wrote:
>>
>> Since no one responded to my previous post, I thought maybe
>> the subject line wasn't attractive enough...
>>
>> On the wiki at <http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers>
>> in the AP column it says "yes" with a footnote to the effect that
>> it's "in development". =A0Please can someone clarify this for me?
>>
>> Can I reasonably expect to get an AP going with a usb dongle
>> that requires this driver? Building the latest patched
>> version of the driver is fine, but modifying the driver code
>> would be beyond my (present) capabilities.
>
> Yes, you would manage to get it going without major hassles, but as
> always YMMV...
>
> I know that the Portuguese Classmate-PC clone, Magalh=E3es, has a
> rt73usb and the guys have managed to get it going with a 2.6.27 kerne=
l
> + hostapd. I can ask for specifics if you need.

The solution they have found is not optimal, b ut works in their scenar=
io.

You will need to modify hostapd, according to this blog post:
http://eznemegy.blog.hu/2008/12/14/using_rt2x00_wireless_driver_with_ho=
stapd

HTH

>> --
>> J=F3n Fairbairn =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =
=A0 =A0 =A0 Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk

Luis Correia
rt2x00 project admin
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