Messages in this thread | | | From | Bodo Eggert <> | Subject | Re: [Bcm43xx-dev] [Fwd: State of the Union: Wireless] | Date | Fri, 06 Jan 2006 23:57:59 +0100 |
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Michael Buesch <mbuesch@freenet.de> wrote:
> How would the virtual interfaces look like? That is quite easy to answer. > They are net_devices, as they transfer data. > They should probaly _not_ be on top of the ethernet, as 80211 does not > have very much in common with ethernet. Basically they share the same > MAC address format. Does someone have another thing, which he thinks > is shared?
<brainstorming>
It has a connection status. It has a connection speed, which is less static than on a LAN. (Maybe it can be asynchronous in the next version.) It can't yet be full duplex, but who knows ... It can be in promiscious mode (wardriving).
> The virtual interface is then configured though /dev/wlan0 using write() > (no ugly ioctl anymore, you see...). Config data like TX rate, > current essid,.... basically everything + xyz which is done by WE today, > is written to /dev/wlan0.
In ASCII parsed by an in-kernel library? Did you consider sysfs?
What would a connection manager look for if it's supposed to act on * plugging in the WLAN card * finding/losing a (better) network
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