HEADSUP: new wpa_supplicant and hostapd [ndis users read]
Yuri Lukin
lists at swaggi.com
Thu Jul 12 02:37:56 UTC 2007
On Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:26:58 -0700, Sam Leffler wrote
> These applications have been updated to the 0.5.8 "stable release"
> from Jouni Malinen. This gets us back on Jouni's stable release
> branch (as opposed to the abandoned code base we were using). There
> are many new features (read the docs in contrib) and you should now
> be able to use 802.1x over wired nic's though it may not be
> configured by default
> (please send patches after testing and I will try stuff updated).
>
> ndis support in wpa_supplicant has been tested but requires fixups
> in the kernel that are pending. However people using ndis should
> also be aware that the in-kernel ndis support has badly rotted and
> appears chock-a-block with issues. Unless someone steps up to work
> on it expect instability. Thanks to Andrew Thompson for patching
> things up.
>
Hi Sam,
Great work, thank you.
Does this update include multi-bss support? There's mention of it in the
ChangeLog for hostapd but "only for Devicescape and test driver interfaces"?
Regards,
Yuri
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