GTA02 802.11 driver status

Andy Green andy at openmoko.com
Fri Feb 8 17:00:09 CET 2008


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Somebody in the thread at some point said:
> Hi,
> 
> On Tue, Feb 05, 2008 at 11:30:44PM +0000, Andy Green wrote:
>>  - How about Monitor mode?
> Monitor mode is not currently supported by our firmware. Atheros told me
> that they "might" add it at some point.

OK I understand there is not much we can do about that the way things
are set up.

Injection is likewise screwed? (injection would necessarily need to be
sans encryption).

> Moreover, I also asked about AP mode, and it's not supported neither, and
> they don't seem to have any pland for supporting it eventually.

Well its less of a loss I think considering it is generally a mobile
device.  Ad Hoc will take care of that end I should think.

Still, keeping it in perspective, if we have solid WPA with the new
firmware we really ticked the critical boxes on this subsystem, it's a
good situation.

- -Andy
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