Re: Driver with support for scanning

Yes, the Berlios driver is the one we ship with 0.7.2. It used to work
better than the atmelwlandriver, though I haven't compared them
recently.

It seems that GET_AP_INFO is a private atmelwlandriver ioctl. I don't
know what user-space tools support it, other than the XWlan program that
ships with the driver (and which I've never tried).

p.

On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 22:08, theocjr@ig.com.br wrote:
> Hello Philip
>
> Thanks for your help. I really don't need to put it in the monitor mode. I
> only need to execute a scan.
>
> When I execute a scan through iwlist (like iwlist wlan0 scan) the msg I
> reveive is : "Interface doesn't support scanning : Operation not supported".
> Doesn't the iwlist call the GET_AP_INFO ioctl? Which is the driver that come
> with Familiar v0.7.2 (is the Berlios?)? If so what I understood from your
> previous message is that I should install atmelwlandriver and call the
> private GET_AP_INFO ioctl to execute a scan, is it?
>
> Thanks for your help again
>
> Sincerely
> Antonio Carlos
>
>
> Em 12 Dec 2003, Philip Blundell escreveu:
>
> >On Fri, 2003-12-12 at 18:44, theocjr@ig.com.br wrote:
> >> I need to develop a 802.11 scanner for iPaq H5450 under Linux. I've
> tested
> >> the distribution 'bootstrap' and 'GPE' (both familiar v0.7.2) and both
> >come
> >> with a driver that has no support for scanning. Does anyone knows a
> driver
> >> with this kind of support (and/or where I can find it)?
> >
> >The h5400 wifi module uses an Atmel AT76C503A chip. None of the
> >available drivers for this device support monitor mode; apparently this
> >is a firmware limitation.
> >
> >If you just want to display a list of the available networks,
> >atmelwlandriver does support a private GET_AP_INFO ioctl which gives you
> >access to the list of APs that it knows about. I didn't immediately see
> >any equivalent in the Berlios driver, though it wouldn't be hard to add.
> >
> >p.
> >
> >----------
>
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Received on Fri Dec 12 22:19:22 2003