hostap - more then one card?

[Ryan Verner]

> You wouldn't want to run more than 3 cards in the same physical 
> location due to channel spacing.
> 
> There are only 3 channels in 802.11b that don't overlap.
> 
> I think they're 1, 6 and 11 ?

The cards will be running cables up to a roof where there will be seperate
antannaes facing in completely different directions (point to point links).

I got a few private emails; somebody pointed out that one issue they've had is
the cards 'jam' each other (interference), I'm guessing this is due to the
poor shielding most cards have.

But apparently the hostap driver handles more then one card fine; which is
great (I remember issues a while ago with having multiple orinoco cards, and
the kernel driver spitting chips).

Ack.  Anybody had any real life experiences with all this, and how they got
around all the problems?

R

> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ryan Verner" <xfesty at computeraddictions.com.au>
> To: <hostap at shmoo.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 7:36 PM
> Subject: hostap - more then one card?
> 
> > Hiya,
> >
> > Is it possible to use hostap with more then one card?
> >
> > I'm looking at some solutions where I'll have multiple antannae (point to
> > point links), and for cost effectiveness and other reasons, it'll be nice
> to
> > have 4-5 cards in the one machine rather then 4-5 machines.
> >
> > Even two cards in one machine would be nice.
> >
> > Anybody done this?  I've never tried it.
> >
> > R
> >
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