But if you can plug a usb wifi stick which the kernel does support AP
mode you could then use the internal wifi as the uplink.

Be subversive, provide free wifi at airports!  


-----Original Message-----
From: community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org
[mailto:community-bounces@lists.openmoko.org] On Behalf Of Mikko Rauhala
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 11:51 AM
To: community@lists.openmoko.org
Subject: No WLAN AP functionality


On pe, 2008-06-27 at 10:47 -0500, Hans L wrote:
quoted text
> On Fri, Jun 27, 2008 at 2:49 AM, Flemming Richter Mikkelsen
> <quatrox@gmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to use the WiFi in the FreeRunner as an access point?

Sadly no, as it's a hardmac chip and the proprietary firmware lacks this
feature. You should be able to use ad hoc mode for most purposes, albeit
not always as conveniently.

-- 
Mikko Rauhala <mjrauhal@cc.helsinki.fi>
University of Helsinki


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