Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:52308 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753501AbZEPI6R (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 May 2009 04:58:17 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1M5Fih-0003Zl-Tb for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Sat, 16 May 2009 08:58:15 +0000 Received: from cpc2-cmbg9-0-0-cust621.cmbg.cable.ntl.com ([82.16.102.110]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 08:58:15 +0000 Received: from jon.fairbairn by cpc2-cmbg9-0-0-cust621.cmbg.cable.ntl.com with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 16 May 2009 08:58:15 +0000 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: Jon Fairbairn Subject: Re: rt73usb Access point status Date: Sat, 16 May 2009 09:58:05 +0100 Message-ID: References: <557754.25367.qm@web51403.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <20090511035515.83c21b0c.cjsthompson@gmail.com> <20090512215817.bd1c6895.cjsthompson@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: "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? > But it would be really cool to have at least one USB WiFi > adapter working for AP purposes. Agreed. -- Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk