System and method of dynamically switching between 802.11b client and access point in MS-Windows environment

摘要

System and method for a configurable application driver for an 802.11 (b) device such as PC card/PCI wireless AP, that can provide both the WC and AP functions in one module. The application driver is designed to perform as either WC or AP driver, according to current setting. The AP is a firmware-based AP, as is typically provided by chipmakers, so as to avoid performance degradation. The application driver also functions as a regular WC driver to put the device into the WC mode. It can then connect to other APs and act as a client network device.