WDS progress

Does anyone know when WDS ("standard" as defined
by the wi-fi alliance or senao/engenius) will be available
in freeBSD?  Specifically for Atheros chipset cards.
Thank you,-PC 




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On Sun, 02 Apr 2006 00:54:13 -0500
P C <pconoveripro.net> wrote:

> Does anyone know when WDS ("standard" as
defined by the wi-fi alliance
> or senao/engenius) will be available in freeBSD? 
Specifically for
> Atheros chipset cards. Thank you,-PC 

Totfinn's rules for techno-standards:
1) any new techonological standard will be included in an
Open Source
    project if:
a) there is documentation (freely) available
b) there is enough interest (ie. widespread use or
advantages which
    isn't in existing standards)
c) there are enough developer resources available (one
dedicated
    developer who makes this work a priority is enough for
some
    projects)
e) enough time passes

If any of the points above fails, the standard will not be
included in
the Open Source project.

There are exceptions, of course.
-- 
Torfinn Ingolfsen,
Norway
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On Sun, Apr 02, 2006 at 12:54:13AM -0500, P C wrote:
> Does anyone know when WDS ("standard" as
defined by the wi-fi alliance or senao/engenius) will be
available in freeBSD?  Specifically for Atheros chipset
cards.

Probably never as WDS isn't a terribly useful feature.

Regards,
BMS
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On Sat, April 1, 2006 10:54 pm, P C wrote:
> Does anyone know when WDS ("standard" as
defined by the wi-fi
> alliance or senao/engenius) will be available in
freeBSD?
> Specifically for Atheros chipset cards.

Search the -current and -stable mailing lists for posts by
Sam Leffler
regarding the state of the 802.11 wireless stack and the
ath(4)
driver.  I remember a long post by him early in the new year
that
describes all the new features of the latest ath_hal(4),
along with
plans for the wireless stack this year.  In one of those
messages, he
goes over WDS and WMM extensions.  I don't recall the
specifics,
though.

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Freddie Cash
fcashocis.net

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Freddie Cash wrote:
> On Sat, April 1, 2006 10:54 pm, P C wrote:
>> Does anyone know when WDS ("standard"
as defined by the wi-fi
>> alliance or senao/engenius) will be available in
freeBSD?
>> Specifically for Atheros chipset cards.
> 
> Search the -current and -stable mailing lists for posts
by Sam Leffler
> regarding the state of the 802.11 wireless stack and
the ath(4)
> driver.  I remember a long post by him early in the new
year that
> describes all the new features of the latest
ath_hal(4), along with
> plans for the wireless stack this year.  In one of
those messages, he
> goes over WDS and WMM extensions.  I don't recall the
specifics,
> though.

WDS and WMM are unrelated.  WMM has been in CVS for >1
year.  WDS is 
waiting on import of the multi-bss vap support.  No clue
when that'll 
happen (if ever) as it requires help converting all the
wireless drivers 
to a new model.

Some folks have expressed interest in getting WDS support in
separately 
from vap's but I've not heard anything recently.

	Sam
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On Mon, April 3, 2006 9:16 am, Sam Leffler wrote:
> Freddie Cash wrote:
>> On Sat, April 1, 2006 10:54 pm, P C wrote:
>>> Does anyone know when WDS
("standard" as defined by the wi-fi
>>> alliance or senao/engenius) will be available
in FreeBSD?
>>> Specifically for Atheros chipset cards.

>> Search the -current and -stable mailing lists for
posts by Sam
>> Leffler regarding the state of the 802.11 wireless
stack and the
>> ath(4) driver.  I remember a long post by him early
in the new year
>> that describes all the new features of the latest
ath_hal(4), along
>> with plans for the wireless stack this year.  In
one of those
>> messages, he goes over WDS and WMM extensions.  I
don't recall the
>> specifics, though.

> WDS and WMM are unrelated.  WMM has been in CVS for
>1 year.  WDS is
> waiting on import of the multi-bss vap support.  No
clue when that'll
> happen (if ever) as it requires help converting all the
wireless
> drivers to a new model.

> Some folks have expressed interest in getting WDS
support in
> separately from vap's but I've not heard anything
recently.

Thanks for the clarification.

----
Freddie Cash
fcashocis.net

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