From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from serv.flidais.net ([64.142.75.214]:44637 "EHLO serv.flidais.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933244AbZHVS7U (ORCPT ); Sat, 22 Aug 2009 14:59:20 -0400 Received: from serv.flidais.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by serv.flidais.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8415E20C3BC for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:02:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.2.98] (unknown [64.142.75.212]) by serv.flidais.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 616FA20C3BC for ; Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:02:19 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4A904008.5090903@flidais.net> Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 11:59:20 -0700 From: Nathan Kennedy MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Broadcom BCM43XG Master mode? References: <4A903BEB.4030606@flidais.net> <1250967366.23605.23.camel@johannes.local> In-Reply-To: <1250967366.23605.23.camel@johannes.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Johannes Berg wrote: > On Sat, 2009-08-22 at 11:41 -0700, Nathan Kennedy wrote: > >> I recently purchased a Linksys WMP300N that has teh BCM43XG chipset. >> The only driver that I've gotten to work well with it is the wl driver >> from Broadcom, however when I try to set the wireless mode to master I >> get an error that the operation is not permitted. Is there a different >> way to get this card into master mode? >> > > If you're using wl, then we don't know, and you have to ask Broadcom. > > If you're using b43, you start hostapd. > > johannes > Unfortunately the b43 driver will not load at all because there hasn't been an update to support this chipset. Any devs want a guinea pig to test driver ideas?