Which driver is best for compaq WL200 pci card ?

[David Gibson]

On Fri, Aug 02, 2002 at 11:00:19PM +1000, Robert Tchia wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just got myself a Compaq wl200 card and want to use it as a host AP.
> 
> My setup is as follow...
> 
> Redhat 7.3 (out of the box)
> Cabletron card as point to point link (WAN) (installed, configured and
> tested ok. Using orinoco_cs v0.12b)
> 24dbi directional antenna
> wl200 card as host AP (not yet install)
> 8dbi omni antenna
> 
> I am a little confuse as to which driver is best suited for my wl200
> card. These are what I have found...
> 1. orinoco_cs maintain by David Gibson and Co
> 2. prism2_cs maintain by Mark Mathews and Co
> 3. hostap_cs maintain by Jouni Malinen
> 
> Which of these 3 drivers are best suited to my setup, and can other 2
> coexist with Orinoco_cs(Which is currently used by my Cabletron card),
> and wireless tools v24? 

If you want HostAP mode, there's only one choice, Jouni Malinen's
hostap driver.  I hope to have AP support in orinoco_cs one day, but
it won't be real soon.

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