[MLB-WIRELESS] Orinoco card as an Access Point

[lrich at ruralnet.net.au]

Thanks for that Drew.  Im sure if I ploughed through the FAQ's I might 
have found that but anyway....lazy I spose.  The prism 2 utility doesnt 
work on the cisco cards for running AP.  Have you or others had luck 
running AP on other prism 2 cards (orinoco maybe)?

Cheers.


Quoting Drew <drew at wirelessanarchy.com>:

> iBSS = ad-hoc mode
> BSS = AP mode aka. infrastructure mode
> 
> from the faq:
> 
> Q: What's the difference between an Access Point and a PC Card?
> A: An AP is basically a dedicated PC, which runs in Infrastructure mode.
> 
> This means client traffic first goes through it, then to it's 
> destination. 2 AP's can not talk to each other unless they are in 
> bridging mode, and very few AP's are capable of this. While in bridging 
> mode, they cannot talk to clients. PC Cards are PCMCIA or PCI or USB 
> adapters which usually run in Ad-hoc mode. This means there is no 
> central AP in which traffic is routed, it is a peer to peer mesh where 
> the first person starts it, and everyone else joins, and sends traffic 
> directly to each other. Some PC Cards can also be set to Infrastructure 
> (AP) mode, namely Prism2 based cards.
> 
> 
> -D
> 
> Luke wrote:
> 
> > Could some nice person explain to me what iBSS mode is.  Im wanting to
> run
> > an Orinoco silver card as a AP.  Can it be done?
> > 
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