Setup of testing lab and work on development

Setup of testing lab and work on development

[Udayan Singh]

Hello,

>From the previous response that i received, now i have the code and
now m browsing thru it.


1. if i understood correctly.. The discussion thread : "wireless notes
/ pre d80211 merge" discussion applies to the directory "net/d80211/"
from git:......

2. Test environment to setup for d80211 would be like this :

Laptop (Centrino - with ipw2200 or would it be some other) <----> PC
acting as Access Point (with Wireless modem)

Any other that you would suggest that would be a more reasonable test
environment setup ?

Also if you have suggestions which company of appliances i should go for..

I can have 2 PCs i386 (Fedora Linux) easily available. So if some add
ons can be used would be pretty good also.

Few points that for clarification.
1. I intend to do the same so that I can also check if I make any
changes how are they reflected. I hope my purpose would be solved with
above setup.

2. How frequently would there be changes required in h/w here ?

tia..

Regards,
Udayan
Tata Consultancy Services

Re: Setup of testing lab and work on development

[Johannes Berg]

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On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 22:27 +0530, Udayan Singh wrote:

> 1. if i understood correctly.. The discussion thread : "wireless notes
> / pre d80211 merge" discussion applies to the directory "net/d80211/"
> from git:......

Right. I CCed you because you seemed interested in d80211.

> 2. Test environment to setup for d80211 would be like this :
> 
> Laptop (Centrino - with ipw2200 or would it be some other) <----> PC
> acting as Access Point (with Wireless modem)

no, ipw2200 doesn't do d80211. check drivers/net/wireless/d80211/

> Any other that you would suggest that would be a more reasonable test
> environment setup ?
> 
> Also if you have suggestions which company of appliances i should go for..

What do you want a test environment for? That's the key issue. I have a
bunch of wireless hardware and an access point...

> Few points that for clarification.
> 1. I intend to do the same so that I can also check if I make any
> changes how are they reflected. I hope my purpose would be solved with
> above setup.

Not sure what you mean? Do "the same" what?

> 2. How frequently would there be changes required in h/w here ?

Umm, never?

You fail to state what you actually want to do...

johannes

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Re: Setup of testing lab and work on development

[Udayan Singh]

On 11/15/06, Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 22:27 +0530, Udayan Singh wrote:
>
> > 1. if i understood correctly.. The discussion thread : "wireless notes
> > / pre d80211 merge" discussion applies to the directory "net/d80211/"
> > from git:......
>
> Right. I CCed you because you seemed interested in d80211.
>

Thanks.. Johannes.. :)

> > 2. Test environment to setup for d80211 would be like this :
> >
> > Laptop (Centrino - with ipw2200 or would it be some other) <----> PC
> > acting as Access Point (with Wireless modem)
>
> no, ipw2200 doesn't do d80211. check drivers/net/wireless/d80211/
>

ok. you are referring to bcm43xx , etc

> > Any other that you would suggest that would be a more reasonable test
> > environment setup ?
> >
> > Also if you have suggestions which company of appliances i should go for..
>
> What do you want a test environment for? That's the key issue. I have a
> bunch of wireless hardware and an access point...
>

lets say we have development happening in d80211 driver. now if i want
to participate in the development of the (d80211), i can do it in a
much better manner if i am trying out modificaitons on my own on the
drivers that are using d80211 (my feeling) e.g. bcm43xx, etc. Hence i
would like to setup a test environment where i can make modifications
in code (of d80211 or related driver) and test it....

> > Few points that for clarification.
> > 1. I intend to do the same so that I can also check if I make any
> > changes how are they reflected. I hope my purpose would be solved with
> > above setup.
>
> Not sure what you mean? Do "the same" what?
>
same - "participate in development on d80211"

> > 2. How frequently would there be changes required in h/w here ?
>
> Umm, never?
>
> You fail to state what you actually want to do...
>

sorry for that, will surely try to give a complete picture in future
(tried that today again - hope its ok..).


> johannes
>
>
>

thanks..

Udayan
Tata Consultancy Services

Re: Setup of testing lab and work on development

[Johannes Berg]

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On Thu, 2006-11-16 at 02:34 +0530, Udayan Singh wrote:

> ok. you are referring to bcm43xx , etc

right, all of those drivers use d80211.

> lets say we have development happening in d80211 driver. now if i want
> to participate in the development of the (d80211), i can do it in a
> much better manner if i am trying out modificaitons on my own on the
> drivers that are using d80211 (my feeling) 

I doubt you'll get far without ever testing your code changes. :)

> e.g. bcm43xx, etc. Hence i
> would like to setup a test environment where i can make modifications
> in code (of d80211 or related driver) and test it....

You'll need one of the cards that is supported by a d80211 driver. I've
used bcm43xx and rt2500usb so far.

> same - "participate in development on d80211"

Well, check http://wireless.sipsolutions.net for things we still have to
do... and then send patches :)

Or do something else you're interested in and send patches.

johannes

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Re: Setup of testing lab and work on development

[Udayan Singh]

On 11/16/06, Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
>
> > e.g. bcm43xx, etc. Hence i
> > would like to setup a test environment where i can make modifications
> > in code (of d80211 or related driver) and test it....
>
> You'll need one of the cards that is supported by a d80211 driver. I've
> used bcm43xx and rt2500usb so far.

ok, if i use the card (on the PC) :

bcm43xx or rt2500usb

on the AP side :
Use a Wireless ADSL router (Huawei Quidway wa1003a series)
It supports 802.11b/g.

Now the point that comes to my mind is, if the "Huawei Quidway wa1003a
series" does not support 802.11i, then how can i go about testing the
same 802.11i ?


My intention is that i should be able to work/test 802.11a/b/g/i/.....
---- for that which products i should use..??

Pls let me know your views about the above.


>
> > same - "participate in development on d80211"
>
> Well, check http://wireless.sipsolutions.net for things we still have to
> do... and then send patches :)
>
> Or do something else you're interested in and send patches.

thanks....

>
> johannes
>
>
>
Regards,
Udayan
Tata Consultancy Services

Re: Setup of testing lab and work on development

[Udayan Singh]

On 11/18/06, Udayan Singh <udayan.singh@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 11/16/06, Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net> wrote:
> >
> > > e.g. bcm43xx, etc. Hence i
> > > would like to setup a test environment where i can make modifications
> > > in code (of d80211 or related driver) and test it....
> >
> > You'll need one of the cards that is supported by a d80211 driver. I've
> > used bcm43xx and rt2500usb so far.
>
> ok, if i use the card (on the PC) :
this one is the station..

>
> bcm43xx or rt2500usb
>
> on the AP side :
> Use a Wireless ADSL router (Huawei Quidway wa1003a series)
> It supports 802.11b/g.
>
> Now the point that comes to my mind is, if the "Huawei Quidway wa1003a
> series" does not support 802.11i, then how can i go about testing the
> same 802.11i ?
>
>
> My intention is that i should be able to work/test 802.11a/b/g/i/.....
> ---- for that which products i should use..??
>
> Pls let me know your views about the above.
>
>
> >
> > > same - "participate in development on d80211"
> >
> > Well, check http://wireless.sipsolutions.net for things we still have to
> > do... and then send patches :)
> >
> > Or do something else you're interested in and send patches.
>
> thanks....
>
> >
> > johannes
> >
> >
>

tia.

Regards,
Udayan