Return-path: Received: from smtp1.infomaniak.ch ([84.16.68.89]:60397 "EHLO smtp1.infomaniak.ch" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755126AbZERLMZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 May 2009 07:12:25 -0400 Message-ID: <4A1142A5.2090800@shockfish.com> Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 13:12:37 +0200 From: Alexandre Becholey MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org CC: Ivo van Doorn , Jon Fairbairn Subject: Re: rt73usb Access point status References: <557754.25367.qm@web51403.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20090512215817.bd1c6895.cjsthompson@gmail.com> <200905161132.21437.IvDoorn@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <200905161132.21437.IvDoorn@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Ivo van Doorn wrote: > On Saturday 16 May 2009, Jon Fairbairn wrote: > >> "Christoph .J Thompson" writes: >> >> >>> On Tue, 12 May 2009 09:16:12 +0100 >>> Jon Fairbairn wrote: >>> >>>> Is there any prospec of persuading Ralink either to release >>>> a mended version of the firmware or to free the old version? >>>> >>> I think Ivo van Doorn said he didn't want to bother RaLink with that. I was >>> thinking about writing to them about it but that's difficult because I don't >>> really understand the technical specifics of the issue. >>> >> Me neither; in particular, does it work as an AP in Windows? >> If so, how does it get round the bug in the driver? >> > > Simply by indicating that every single frame passed to the driver has > been send out succesfully and thus completely ignoring the real status. > > I am awaiting a patch from Alexandre which will add that same behavior > to rt2x00. > > Ivo > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Ok, I'll sent it soon. I was trying to figure out the problem with the ARP packets when the wireless interface is bridged with an ethernet. It seems to be a known issue: https://lists.linux-foundation.org/pipermail/bridge/2009-May/006382.html http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Net:Bridge#It_doesn.27t_work_with_my_Wireless_card.21 (kinda old... last modification from 2007) Alexandre