wifi test

http://wireless.kernel.org/en/developers/GSoC/2010/wifi-test-nl80211

 

Wifi-test

wifi-test is fully automated test script for linux wireless drivers. It's an open-source project.

Contents

1. Wifi-test
2. Git tree
3. Mailing list and posting patches
4. Wifi test 1.0
5. Testing environment setup
6. Bugs

Git tree

http://www.intellinuxwireless.org/repos/wifi-test.git

Mailing list and posting patches

This project has its own mailing list.

Wifi test 1.0

wifi-test 1.0 covers following wireless features:

• BSS: BSS association, fragmentation/RTS/CTS, BSS channels etc
• IBSS: IBSS association, IBSS fragmentation/RTS/CTS, IBSS channels.
• Security: WEP (BSS/IBSS), WPA/WPA2, 802.1X.
• Power management: S3/S4, RFKILL
• Performance: upload/download speed for different combinations.
• Others: Wext mode, nl80211 mode
• 802.11 a/b/g/n: Above features in a/b/g/n band.

Testing environment setup

The minimum testing system requirements are listed below.

• Two test machines: One as test machine, the other as peer machine in IBSS network testing. If only BSS is tested, one test machine is enough.
• One server machine: The server machine needs two Ethernet cards, one connects to the Test machine network and the other to the AP network.
• One AP: Support Cisco AP, Dlink and ASUS AP with CLI (Command Line Interface). For example, Dlink DWL-8200 AP and Cisco1200 series AP.

Here is an example of our test environment:

  --------------
 | Test Machine |
  --------------\
                 \ ---------                    --------
                  | Test    |     -------      |  AP    |   ---
                  | machine |----| Server |----| network|--| AP |
                  | network |     -------      |        |   ---
                 / ---------                    --------
  ------------- /
 | Peer Machine |
  --------------