Prism2/2.5/3 Host AP - new release 2002-10-12
From: Jouni Malinen (jkmaline_at_cc.hut.fi)
Date: 2002-10-12 15:08:13 UTC
A new version of Prism2 Host AP driver was just released and it is now
available from http://hostap.epitest.fi/
2002-10-12
- added utils/hostap_diag tool for showing diagnostics information
about wireless LAN card
- moving debugging related code from kernel driver to user space
- this replaces previously used
/proc/net/hostap/wlan#/{rids,unknown_rids}
- replaces utils/dump_mmi_dev0_status (hostap_diag -b wlan#)
- added configuration option for TX/RX antenna selection
- prism2_param antsel_tx and antsel_rx
- 0 = do not touch (default), 1 = use antenna diversity,
2 = force AntSel Low, 3 = force AntSel High
- changed monitor mode configuration style
- 'iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor' (this requires wireless tools
versions 25 or newer) is now used to setup monitor mode
- 'prism2_param wlan0 monitor_type <0/1>' configures which headers
are included (0 = IEEE 802.11, 1 = Prism2 + IEEE 802.11)
- old method 'iwpriv wlan0 monitor <2/3>' is now implemented as a
wrapper for iwconfig mode command to provide backward compatibility
(however, iwpriv command 'monitor' is now deprecated and it may be
removed in the future versions)
- changed host_encrypt default in Host AP mode to be based on the
station firmware version; f/w 1.4.9 seems to fix a bug that prevented
firmware-based WEP encryption (although, decryption was working) to
be used in Host AP mode; from now on, this can be configured with
prism2_param also when using Host AP mode; the default is to use
firmware-based encryption if f/w version is 1.4.9 or newer
- added new WDS frame options:
- new prism2_param wds_type bitmap:
bit0: 0 = use unicast RA/BSSID for broadcast/multicast frames to
WDS link
1 = use broadcast RA/BSSID for broadcast/multicast frames
(Note! Prism2 firmware has limitations on this)
bit1: AP client mode - if AP client mode is enabled and device is
in Managed mode (i.e., associated to an AP), driver accepts
4-addr WDS frames from current AP. In addition, outgoing
frames that have a foreign source address in the Ethernet
header are sent using 4-addr WDS frame to the AP. This allows
station mode to perform layer 2 bridgeing. Please note, that
due to firmware limitations Host AP in Master mode cannot
operate with such station.
- fixed ap_bridge_packets to send broadcast/multicast packets back to
wireless interface only in Master mode
--
Jouni Malinen PGP id EFC895FA
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