Re: any controller working in AP mode ?

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

On Mon, 2009-07-20 at 17:33 +0530, Ram kumar wrote:
> hi,
> 
> > 5 minute search finds that Zonet ZEW2502 is what you need.  There is
> > only one driver for that device on the Zonet site, and it's clearly for
> > Marvell.
> >
> Thanks for the reply.
> but when i visited the zonet website the ZEW2502 is under discontinued
> products.But they have come up with higher versions of wireless usb
> adapters like.
> 
> 1.ZEW2542
> http://www.zonetusa.com/products-140.aspx
> 
> ZEW2542 it uses Ralink RT2770+RT2720.
> When i study the user manual of ZEW2542 it says it can support
> software AP mode.The device uses Ralink wireless configuration tool
> instead of the native windows wireless configuration tool to configure
> the device.
> 
> but linux wireless website doesn't specify any info about RT2770.It
> would he helpful if you can tell me whether the ZEW2542 can be
> configured with hostapd ?

I think it's in staging now.  See drivers/staging/rt2870/rt2870.h:

       {USB_DEVICE(0x148F,0x2770)}, /* Ralink */               \

I don't know the status of that driver and whether it will be converted
to a regular driver any time soon, but since it's a modern device,
chances are high.

> 2.ZEW2507
> http://www.zonetusa.com/products-54.aspx
> 
> ZEW2507 uses Chipset  	Ralink RT2571 + RT2528
> 
> I am assuming this device can be easily configured in linux using
> hostapd.please correct me if i am wrong.

Yes, this should work.  But I'm not sure it would work in AP mode with
clients using power saving.  There was a recent discussion about it.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin