Re: What cards suport AP mode (not ad hoc!) under xp/vista?

sabgenton wrote:
> I'm guessing a non ad hoc AP is run as infrastructure.
>
> I currently have an atheros chip netgear card the software does not do
> AP mode in xp only ad hoc but when i run it in linux (with madwifi) it
> does!

something must be wrong with your drivers there. All cards and chipsets
are capable of operating in either mode, as far as I know.

Specify the make/model etc of your noname card and someone may be able
to point you in the right direction.

Mark McIntyre wrote:
> sabgenton wrote:
>> I'm guessing a non ad hoc AP is run as infrastructure.
>>
>> I currently have an atheros chip netgear card the software does not do
>> AP mode in xp only ad hoc but when i run it in linux (with madwifi) it
>> does!
>
> something must be wrong with your drivers there. All cards and chipsets
> are capable of operating in either mode, as far as I know.
>
> Specify the make/model etc of your noname card and someone may be able
> to point you in the right direction.
>
I think he is talking about "SoftAP" but I can't be bothered to do the
Googling for him.

On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:20:59 +0000, Mark McIntyre
<markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in
<13oa449l0orrp64@corp.supernews.com>:

>sabgenton wrote:
>> I'm guessing a non ad hoc AP is run as infrastructure.
>>
>> I currently have an atheros chip netgear card the software does not do
>> AP mode in xp only ad hoc but when i run it in linux (with madwifi) it
>> does!
>
>something must be wrong with your drivers there. All cards and chipsets
>are capable of operating in either mode, as far as I know.

Nothing wrong -- just a matter of functionality not normally provided.

>Specify the make/model etc of your noname card and someone may be able
>to point you in the right direction.

Probably not. What he needs is advice on a card that can be used as an
AP with the supplied Windows drivers. I can't think of any off the top
of my head. Can you?

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John Navas wrote:
> On Wed, 09 Jan 2008 18:20:59 +0000, Mark McIntyre
> <markmcintyre@spamcop.net> wrote in
> <13oa449l0orrp64@corp.supernews.com>:
>
>> sabgenton wrote:
>>> I'm guessing a non ad hoc AP is run as infrastructure.
>>>
>>> I currently have an atheros chip netgear card the software does not do
>>> AP mode in xp only ad hoc but when i run it in linux (with madwifi) it
>>> does!
>> something must be wrong with your drivers there. All cards and chipsets
>> are capable of operating in either mode, as far as I know.
>
> Nothing wrong -- just a matter of functionality not normally provided.
>
>> Specify the make/model etc of your noname card and someone may be able
>> to point you in the right direction.
>
> Probably not. What he needs is advice on a card that can be used as an
> AP with the supplied Windows drivers. I can't think of any off the top
> of my head. Can you?
>
All right I'll bite. My neighbour used to have a zyxel AG220 before his
dog chewed it.
http://wiki.pocketheaven.com/Ralink_Soft_AP