Re: PCMCIA and hermer/orinoco_cs drivers b0rken?

Joshua Kwan
2002-12-31T07:48:02Z

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> Any benefit of using an AP over an ad-hoc network if it's only two or
> three nodes in a room?

Well, the benefit of an AP is slightly more symmetrical and wide
coverage(I _____think_____ - someone PLEASE correct me because I'm quite
unsure) and the range of an ad-hoc network is dependent on the number of
nodes.

So in, like, a living room, Ad-Hoc is probably just as good as using an
AP. But there's really no real advantage between the two. In my
experience using Ad-Hoc I have gotten faster TX rates, mostly because
there's no middle-man.

Still, it's up to you. If you were planning to shell out for an AP I
suggest you just set up a lowend Linux box with hostap driver
(http://hostap.epitest.fi) and use that (add iptables for internet
access, or whatever you like). cheaper and in some cases better.

Regards
-Josh

Rabid cheeseburgers forced Alexander Hoogerhuis<alexh@ihatent.com> to
write this on 31 Dec 2002 06:44:16+0100:

> "Joshua M. Kwan" <joshk@ludicrus.ath.cx> writes:
>
> > > Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 14
> > > of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 13.
> > > Some things may be broken...
> >
> > First of all, what kernel are you using? That's an ancient version
> > of the WE. If this is 2.4.2[01], download the following diffs from
> > Jean's fine site:
> >
> > *
> > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/iw240_we15-6.diff
> > *
> > http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/iw241_we16-3.diff
> >
>
> No warnings anymore, and it all works. I now have a full 2 yards of
> wireless netowrk and dont have to run a cat5 over to muy couch :)
>
> Apart from that, Jean Tourrilhes' site was a treasure of HOWTOs and
> FAQs, so I'll spend a lot of time reading up there. Next thing up is
> bluetooth, and the site seems to be the right place for that, too.
>
> > Next of all, try upgrading the firmware on your card.
> >
>
> Went trough the motions of finding NetGears support on this. NetGear
> now officially has landed on my list of gear not to recommend. The
> while sitiation on finding firmware and tools to flash it didn't
> strike me as very orderly, and I ended up using some Dlink tools I
> found through Google to get my card slightly upgraded, but it seemed
> to do the trick. The other Lucent/Orinoco card I had was more simple
> and done in a few minutes.
>
> > The error writing packet to BAP error always seemed just like a
> > small nuisance to me during large file transfers. It did not
> > correlate with any connectivity problems, so I just commented it out
> > in the orinoco/hermes/orinoco_cs source (it's in one of those
> > files.)
> >
>
> I never got to try it on large files, I had a few dozen errors from a
> card idling with no connectivity :)
>
> > Hope your wireless endeavors succeed - I just spent all week getting
> > hostap_plx to work (and I'm now reaping the benefits because I now
> > have wifi access all over my house) :)
> >
>
> Any benefit of using an AP over an ad-hoc network if it's only two or
> three nodes in a room?
>
> > Regards
> > -Josh
> >
>
> mvh,
> A
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