Return-path: Received: from mail-qy0-f174.google.com ([209.85.216.174]:39717 "EHLO mail-qy0-f174.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753647Ab1EWLmo convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 May 2011 07:42:44 -0400 Received: by qyk7 with SMTP id 7so770269qyk.19 for ; Mon, 23 May 2011 04:42:43 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 21:42:43 +1000 Message-ID: (sfid-20110523_134247_534735_6D89DC7A) Subject: Re: Access Point on davinci dm365 board From: linux newbie To: Boyan Penev Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hi, some time back, I enabled hostapd with Edimax USB wireless card. It runs on rt73 driver. You need to compile hostapd with libnl-2.0. Thanks On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 8:46 PM, Boyan Penev wrote: > Hello, > > i need to find a solution how to enable an embedded system (TI davinci > board, dm365, arm CPU, kernel is 2.6.32.17 from the TI psp03.01.01.38 > sdk). > Could someone advise me on what the most suitable solution might be? I > know i should be using hostapd, but what would be the best wireless > stick? > > Until now i have tried out the D-Link DWL-G122 and Linksys WUSB54GC-EU > for the rt73usb driver is listed as supporting AP- mode, but i could > not get tham to work: > I've enabled the drivers as modules in the kernel, downloaded the > firmware and loaded it in /lib/firmware, but the sticks don't get > assigned as wireless interfaces. > I've managed to enable an AVM wireless n stick with the ar9170 driver, > but as ar9170 does not support ap mode- hostapd couldn't do anything. > > I will be very thankful for any help or advice on what the best stick > for an embedded system as mine might be. Furthermore- is there any > soulution > for enabling the davinci board as an access point? i have 3 USB ports, > a serial port and jtag available. > > Best Regards, > > Boyan Penev > -- > 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 >