WPA Supplicant
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-Copyright (c) 2003-2008, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors
+Copyright (c) 2003-2009, Jouni Malinen <j@w1.fi> and contributors
All Rights Reserved.
This program is dual-licensed under both the GPL version 2 and BSD
Linux ndiswrapper (http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/) with
Windows NDIS driver.
- Broadcom wl.o driver
+ Broadcom wl.o driver (old version only)
This is a generic Linux driver for Broadcom IEEE 802.11a/g cards.
However, it is proprietary driver that is not publicly available
except for couple of exceptions, mainly Broadcom-based APs/wireless
the needed header file, wlioctl.h, for compiling wpa_supplicant.
This driver support in wpa_supplicant is expected to work also with
other devices based on Broadcom driver (assuming the driver includes
- client mode support).
+ client mode support). Please note that the newer Broadcom driver
+ ("hybrid Linux driver") supports Linux wireless extensions and does
+ not need (or even work) with the specific driver wrapper. Use -Dwext
+ with that driver.
Intel ipw2100 driver
(http://sourceforge.net/projects/ipw2100/)
broadcom = Broadcom wl.o driver
ipw = Intel ipw2100/2200 driver (old; use wext with Linux 2.6.13 or newer)
wired = wpa_supplicant wired Ethernet driver
+ roboswitch = wpa_supplicant Broadcom switch driver
bsd = BSD 802.11 support (Atheros, etc.)
ndis = Windows NDIS driver
}
-6) Authentication for wired Ethernet. This can be used with 'wired' interface
- (-Dwired on command line).
+6) Authentication for wired Ethernet. This can be used with 'wired' or
+ 'roboswitch' interface (-Dwired or -Droboswitch on command line).
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel