Re: dnsmasq-base does work for connection sharing

["netztier bluewin ch" <netztier bluewin ch>]

>That's because (a) drivers universally suck for master mode, and (b)
>there's a hell of a lot more setup required for master mode than adhoc.
>At the moment, I don't see a compelling reason to use master mode over
>adhoc until drivers get better.  

er.. I didn't mean to complain about the "lack" (which I don't consider as such) of AP-mode support. If my words 
sounded like a complaint, I offer my apologies on the spot. I like NM very much, and it's fun seeing how it gets better 
with every release: I was stunned how easy it was to get my USB 3G modem working with NM ("plug, PIN, works"), where it 
took me half an evening to make it work on MacOS X, half of which figuring out which software to obtain from where and 
what exactly to use it for...

The one thing that springs to mind if it comes to "Infrastructure" vs "ad-hoc" modes of 802.11 could be scaleability 
for a larger number of devices, and  another thing might be the lack of WPA/WPA2 support I see occurring in most 
implementations once you switch over to ad-hoc mode. I'm not quite sure if that is because of the nature of how 802.11 
ad-hoc mode  works or if no vendor's so far cared about implementing WPA/WPA2 in ad-hoc mode.

regards

Marc