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Date: Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:53:31 -0500
From: pat-lkml <pat-lkml@erley.org>
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To: "Christoph .J Thompson" <cjsthompson@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: D-Link GWL-122 and AP/WPA2
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pat-lkml@erley.org wrote:
> On Thu, 26 Feb 2009 22:31:55 +0100, "Christoph .J Thompson"
> <cjsthompson@gmail.com> wrote:
>> After trying to get a Sitecom WL-608 wireless USB adapter to work in AP
>> mode to no avail I gave up and ordered a Belkin F5D7050 wireless USB
>> adapter thinking it used a Prism based chipset which would enable me to
> use
>> it in AP mode. Almost two weeks later I finally got it this morning
> (kudos
>> to UPS for the "fast" delivery). To my dismay some clown at Belkin
> thought
>> it was funny to use a new chipset with each revision of their F5D7050. I
>> got a revision "e" which has a Realtek rtl8187 chipset which won't be of
>> any use for what I want to do. So I'm back at my starting point with my
>> pockets ~50 euros lighter. I'm going to have to buy another USB wifi
>> adapter and I'm considering the D-Link GWL-122. It seems that the D-Link
>> GWL-122 uses the Prism chipset. Has anyone here any experience with this
>> device? Will it work in AP mode with WPA2?
> 
> Have you considered other chipsets?  If you HAVE to go with USB, you might
> try:
> 
--SNIPPED--
> 
> which is rt2500usb based.  I'll test a rt2500usb device tonight for AP mode
> for
> ya.  You'll be able to see my results at:  http://wireless.erley.org/

Well, same result as last time I checked.  It lets me put it into AP mode, and
when I scan I can pick it up, but I could not associate with it, but beyond 
that, I haven't done any debugging.  If any rt2500usb devs could suggest the 
next steps in debugging this, let me know.

As for making an AP, I recommend something ath9k based, as it works quite well.
It's only pci/pci-e, as far as I know though.

Pat