Problems with hostap on Gentoo 2005.0 workstation using PCMCIA->PCI adapter

Jouni Malinen jkmaline at cc.hut.fi
Tue Apr 12 00:24:23 EDT 2005


On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 02:13:33PM -0400, Brent Vukmer wrote:

> Here's the hardware I'm using:
> http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?products_id=43
> http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?products_id=28
> 
> I'm also wondering whether I should be using the hostap or the
> hostap_plx driver.  I *think* based on the hostap-driver README that
> because I'm using a PCMCIA->PCI adaptor, I should be using the
> hostap_plx driver -- but I can't figure out how to do that.

The PCMCIA->PCI adaptor you are using looks like something one would use
to plug in generic PC Cards, and not one that would be using with
hostap_plx. In other words, you would most likely be using cardmgr and
hostap_cs.

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Jouni Malinen                                            PGP id EFC895FA



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