From: David (prism2_at_djl.org.uk)
Date: 2002-09-25 10:50:03 UTC
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 18:31:55 -0700 (PDT), Eric Johanson
<ericj_at_cubesearch.com> wrote:
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2002 18:39:38 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Ken Caruso <ken_at_ipl31.net>
>Reply-To: dev_at_seattlewireless.net
>To: dev_at_seattlewireless.net
>Subject: Orinoco AP Mode
>
>This showed up on the Netstumbler.com forums and we just tested it at Hack
>Night.
>
>/hkey/local machine/software/orinoco/driver/config00xxxx change APMODE=0
>to APMODE=1
>
>Casey was able to turn his win2k laptop into an access point with the
>lucent card. Apparently the driver has the ap firmware in it, and will
>download the the firmware into the card when this registry setting is
>changed.
>
I noticed the other day that the latest version of the Orinoco driver
for Windows 2000 (downloaded from Windows Update) has the option "Act
as BaseStation".
I haven't tried it yet, but it looks as if this should have the same effect with the need for any registry hacking.
David.