Re: Best 802.11b WLAN device for hostap mode?

[Frank Wille <frank%phoenix.owl.de@localhost>]

Felix Deichmann wrote:

> what is currently the "best" 802.11b WLAN device for hostap mode?
> [...]
> So which device/driver can be recommended, especially up to 54Mbps?

Most older Atheros chips, running through ath(4) should be fine. I'm
using a small ALIX board (AMD Geode 500MHz) with NetBSD and Atheros AR5212
as an access point:

ath0 at pci0 dev 12 function 0
ath0: interrupting at irq 10
ath0: 11a rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36M
bps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: turboA rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 3.6

ath0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2290
        ssid ALIX nwkey *****
        powersave off
        bssid 00:1b:b1:xx:xx:xx chan 7
        address: 00:1b:b1:xx:xx:xx
        media: IEEE802.11 autoselect mode 11g hostap
        status: active
        inet 192.168.1.1 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
        inet6 fe80::21b:b1ff:fexx:xxxx%ath0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x2

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Frank Wille