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Hi Adam,<br>
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If I remember correctly, the <i>libertas </i>driver that is needed
(for the xo1 at least), in contrast to its name, actually is not
completely free, I don't remember if because of some firmware blobs.<br>
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Therefore, it was difficult or impossible for a driver programmer to
set the device to monitor mode required to host a hotspot. Not my
area of expertise, though.<br>
<br>
Hopefully i'm wrong.<br>
<br>
When doing a laptop project (or an education project that involves
laptops), next time, hopefully every component will <a
href="https://www.fsf.org/resources/hw/endorsement/respects-your-freedom">respect
user's freedoms</a>. From looking at the consumer market, it will
take a while.<br>
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Regards,<br>
Sebastian<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">El 16/03/15 a las 21:06, Adam Holt
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<div dir="ltr">Can someone remind me the reason that XO laptops
(if I'm remembering correctly) cannot use their antennae/ears as
a self-contained WiFi AP server? (e.g. for tiny
community/village libraries in very offline developing
countries. A very typical situation being: local librarian
wants to use existing XO hardware, leaving a humble knowledge
hotspot unpassworded and wide open to diverse WiFi devices, in
the style of Internet-in-a-Box).<br>
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Is it a HW and/or SW (<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HostAP">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HostAP</a>)
that prevents this, out of curiosity?<br clear="all">
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