Re: Please add SAE support for WiFi

[Larry Finger <Larry Finger lwfinger net>]

On 12/16/2011 12:29 PM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> On 12/16/2011 01:06 PM, Larry Finger wrote:
> > On 12/16/2011 11:43 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
> > > I sent this message also to the Fedora test list. That is the closest list I am
> > > on to the developers.
> > >
> > > I am right now in the need of a new AP, so I am searching for one that I can
> > > afford that will be able to get SAE support.
> >
> > You should send your request to linux-wireless vger kernel org. That is where
> > most of the developers of the IEEE80211 MAC layer, the supplicant, and the
> > device drivers can be found.
>
> Thanks. I sent a subscribe for the list, and a search of the archives found:
>
> http://marc.info/?l=linux-wireless&m=130145440930760&w=2
>
> Which seems to show SAE support in user space. So I wonder if it is in my f16
> install?
>
> > When SAE support is available in Linux, you would be able to implement it in
> > nearly every router that runs openWRT. Only those units with very limited
> > memory would be excluded. As openWRT-capable APs are mostly consumer grade,
> > they should be affordable.
>
> And f16 with gnome 3.2 as well....

That set of patches were accepted into the wireless-testing tree on April 7, 
2011, and should be in any 3.1 or later kernel. I think you should have it in 
f16. I have no idea where to get the userspace tools.

If your wireless device supports AP mode (not all do), then you could use your 
laptop as an AP.

Larry