Hostap vs Access Point

[Timothy Murphy]

Is a WiFi card working with hostap
just as good as a kosher Access Point?

If so, can anyone recommend a card
which works with hostap in Fedora-4?
As far as I can see, my Orinoco Gold PCMCIA card
(in a PCI-to-PCMCIA adaptor)
does not work with hostap.

Basically, I want to allow my grand-daughter's Sony PSP
to communicate with the world,
and that seems to require an Access Point.

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Timothy Murphy  
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