Return-path: Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:49160 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1759352AbZFIITx (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Jun 2009 04:19:53 -0400 Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1MDwYk-0001bu-7T for linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:19:54 +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 ; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:19:54 +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 ; Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:19:54 +0000 To: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org From: Jon Fairbairn Subject: Re: Testing AP mode with WLAN-USB-Stick: How to obtain? Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:19:43 +0100 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Stefan Steuerwald 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" -- Jón Fairbairn Jon.Fairbairn@cl.cam.ac.uk