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Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:16:01 +0200
From: Alexandre Becholey - s h o c k f i s h / <alexandre@shockfish.com>
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Jon Fairbairn wrote:
> Stefan Steuerwald <salsasepp@googlemail.com> writes:
> 
>> Dear all,
>>
>> I have tried unsuccessfully to obtain any WLAN USB stick with a
>> chipset that supports AP mode.
> 
> [...]
> 
>> Turns out that anything current I can buy probably has RTL8187, RT73
> 
> There's been recent work on getting rt73 to work as an AP.
> Search the list archive for the subject "rt73usb Access
> point status" and then "rt73usb: fix for master mode"
> 
> 

But There is still a communication problem when the wireless interface 
is bridged with an Ethernet one.

Alexandre