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What is WLAN AP

This addon extends IPCop with (more) WLAN capabilities. The addon supports following 2 scenarios:
  • Client mode: using a WLAN card and connecting to an external Access Point
  • AP mode: using a WLAN card as an internal Access Point
The addon includes the MadWifi driver. Drivers for other cards are (currently) not included.

HW compatibility

The addon is designed to support different hardware (i.e. WLAN cards based on different chips). Currently implemented is support for:
  • Atheros using MadWifi. Take care! there are some Atheros chips currently unsupported by MadWifi.
  • Prism2/2.5/3 using Host AP driver.
  • Prism GT using prism54 (standard available IPCop driver).
  • Ralink RT2500 using serialmonkey rt2500 legacy driver.
To find which chip your card is using or find a card which has a good chance of being supported, check the websites mentioned in links or have a look here .
This table lists supported chips and modes:
  Client mode WPA Client AP mode WPA AP Driver included
MadWifi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Host AP Yes Yes Yes Yes No
prism54 Yes ? ? ? IPCop
rt2500 Yes Yes No No No

Closing remarks

Do *not* ask me why network card xyz is not supported.
Please do not mail me for support etc., feel free to mail me though if you insist and want to transfer large amounts of money to my account .
In case of trouble, things not working, etc. post a message in the english or german IPCop support forums. I do visit those from time to time.

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  Last modified: 2008-01-26