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From: David Gibson (david_at_gibson.dropbear.id.au)
Date: Sat Aug 03 2002 - 00:33:39 CDT

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    On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 11:00:19PM +1000, Robert Tchia wrote:
    > Hi,
    >
    > Just got myself a Compaq wl200 card and want to use it as a host AP.
    >
    > My setup is as follow...
    >
    > Redhat 7.3 (out of the box)
    > Cabletron card as point to point link (WAN) (installed, configured and
    > tested ok. Using orinoco_cs v0.12b)
    > 24dbi directional antenna
    > wl200 card as host AP (not yet install)
    > 8dbi omni antenna
    >
    > I am a little confuse as to which driver is best suited for my wl200
    > card. These are what I have found...
    > 1. orinoco_cs maintain by David Gibson and Co
    > 2. prism2_cs maintain by Mark Mathews and Co
    > 3. hostap_cs maintain by Jouni Malinen
    >
    > Which of these 3 drivers are best suited to my setup, and can other 2
    > coexist with Orinoco_cs(Which is currently used by my Cabletron card),
    > and wireless tools v24?

    If you want HostAP mode, there's only one choice, Jouni Malinen's
    hostap driver. I hope to have AP support in orinoco_cs one day, but
    it won't be real soon.

    -- 
    David Gibson			| For every complex problem there is a
    davidgibson.dropbear.id.au	| solution which is simple, neat and
    				| wrong.
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