Re: Using NetBSD as a travel router

[D'Arcy Cain <darcy%NetBSD.org@localhost>]

On 12/30/2017 03:31 AM, is%beverly.kleinbus.org@localhost wrote:
>>  First, does anyone have any suggestions for wireless cards that work
>> well with NetBSD?  Also, can I use one card for both ingress and hotspot
>> or should I get two?
> 
> Last I looked (NetBSD-7), 
> 
> - iwn (as built into my T61)
> - urtw (as in a VIVENCO usb wifi stick I posess)

I was hoping for a list of actual cards that work well with NetBSD.  Our
site lists chipsets but I assume that some cards use them better than
others.  I also was hoping for PCI cards if possible.

> didn't support hotspot mode, at least not with our drivers. If this changed,
> please tell me.

Doesn't wpa_supplicant work with them?  Why would the card determine
whether hotspot works?  Network is network, right?

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