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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have a 802.11b PCMCIA card from US Robotics with
STA f/w : 0.7.6.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The card works in HostAP mode with HostAP
driver version 0.1.3. However with upgraded driver 0.2.4 there are some
problems. The led on card blinks, hostap gets loaded and wireless
tools indicate that the card is in master mode however a client is not able to
associate with it. </FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I checked in ethereal, when the card works
with HostAP driver 0.2.4 the capability information in the beacon indicates that
the card is in IBSS mode. Strangely enough when the same card is made to
work with HostAP driver 0.1.3 the capability information changes to indicate
that the card is now in AP mode and now clients can associate with
it.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Since beacons are any way generated by firmware,
how is the behavior changing with different driver versions of
HostAP?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Any explanations?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Regards,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gargi Dadhich<BR>Member Technical
Staff<BR>Networking and Internet Software Group (NISG)<BR>C-DAC,
Pune</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tel:
020-25694000/1/2/3 Extn: 484 <BR>Fax:
020-25694059 <BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>