The Solution

The requirement needed the implementation of a Linux PCI device driver for the station support. The driver would also Ethernet packet frame format to WLAN format and vice versa for Station implementation. The host based Access point support was added by including the Access point protocol support where the time critical events such as beacon sending was done by the hardware and the rest is implemented in software. The support implemented in software includes Association, Disassociation and Authentication. 

The software was developed in 3 months time on Linux.

The Technology

The complexity of the project was in understanding the intricacies of the wireless LAN protocol. 

The Result

This project enabled GRACELABS to build on its technical resources in the areas of Wireless LAN Linux device drivers.