Linux Wireless

Tuxology team August 19th, 2009

This lecture, by Rami Rosen, deals with the Linux wireless (IEEE802.11) support. The lecture is a part of a series of lectures by Rami about the Linux networking stack.

Topics include:

  • IEEE802.11 specs.
  • SoftMAC and FullMAC; mac80211.
  • 802.11 Topologies
  • Infrastructure mode: association, scanning, hostapd and power save.
  • IBSS (Ad Hoc mode).
  • Mesh mode (802.11s).
  • 802.11 Physical Modes.

Slides in PDF format can be downloaded here: Linux Wireless Stack Slides.

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