[MLB-WIRELESS] To prism or not to prism

[Ryan Abbenhuys]

This is my understanding of Prism2 vs Hermes(orinoco, etc).

The Prism2 chipset firmware has capabilities to take care of AP managment
things like frame acknowledging, wep, etc.  Ther hermes don't.  That's why
you need the extra bit like an RG1000 or whateva, that handles all that
extra stuff.

I'm running an access point and it's just a Compaq WL200 in a 486 with Linux
running the Host AP driver from http://hostap.epitest.fi/

The groovy thing about this driver is that it supports simultaneous AP mode
and bridging to other AP's running the same driver.
It also now supports MAC address restrictions and a few other things I can't
think of.....


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Tchia" <robert.tchia at palantir.com.au>
To: <melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Wednesday, June 05, 2002 8:14 PM
Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] To prism or not to prism


>
> I read in one of the email from this list, that prism2 chipset card is
> better for an AP. Therefore is it better to use prism chipset card for
> wireless routing node?? Will other chipset (i.e. Cabletron card) do the
> job just as good?
>
>
>
> Cheers
> Rob
>
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