[MLB-WIRELESS] linux ap's

[Stygen]

>Geoff O'Callaghan wrote;
>>
>>
>>G'day,
>>
>>I probably should read the archives :-)
>>
>>I'm looking to have a play with linux based AP's - anyone else
>>doing it?  It seems that most of the newer wireless cards are 
>>moving away from the PRISM chipset.  I've done a lot of 
>>googling and the state of the nation on non-PRISM chipsets and 
>>'hostap' style processing seems quite limited/non-existent.
>>
>>Is that a fair summary?  Is anyone playing with linux host
>>AP's?  I'm keen to get in and get dirty, but i'd like to find 
>>out where the linux camp is 'at' presently.  Any pointers appreciated.
>>
>>Cheers
>>Geoff
>>
>
>>>snip<<<<
>
>I have just purchased a Senao and will be upgrading my hostap 
>box in a few weeks.  With a 180 waveguide your power output 
>should be just below 4W (no need for an amp :) ).  With my 360 
>deg WG and 10m of coax I will achieve approx 1W output, which 
>should be fine for my purposes.  Couple that with an 11MB 
>sensitivity of -89 and your laughing (1MB at -95).
>
>I am also currently running hostap and my gateway into the 
>rest of the freenet on different boxes at the moment.  The new 
>hostap box will also be my link into WaFreeNet.  It just makes 
>more sense.
>
>Regards,
>
>Stygen
>


I have just finished setting up my new wireless gateway and hostap box.
It uses the senao/veritech 200mW card for hostap and a Cabletron
Roamabout in client mode.  Apart from the requirement of symbolic links
where the hostap makefile was somewhat lacking, it was fairly easy to
setup on RedHat 9 .

My clients found an 8dB increase in signal compared to my old 30mW
dwl-520 hostap.  Very happy so far.

-Stygen



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