Sounds like an interesting project.  I might have tried taking a crack at it,
but I have a normal 40 hour a week job.  I have some moderate experience
rebuilding kernels and using the RH distro (4.2 - 7.3).  Don't have any
experience with USB stuff (should just be kernel modules).  My only 802.11b
experience is with a Cisco card without encryption (WEP) and a
Lucent/Orinoco/"who ever they are now" Gold card with WEP (128bit).

I think we've lost a few guru's to out of state stuff.

> I thought in today's market there would be some
> people interested in this job.  Did I make it
> clear that there is money involved here?
> I have his cell number and e-mail address,
> which I didn't want to post here.
> 
> I may try it myself, if he hasn't found anyone
> by tomorrow afternoon.
> 
> It's been a while since I tried to configure
> and rebuild a kernel.  Can someone point me to
> a "how-to" that will refresh my memory?
> I have an old book that covers it, but some
> things have changed since it was written.
> 
> And regarding the PCMCIA 802.11b network card,
> aside from searching via Google, is there any
> good resource for hunting down the driver?
> Would a card of this type possibly respond to
> some generic sort of drivers?

> > I met today with someone who's looking for some
> > quick device configuration help under Red Hat 7.3.
> > You can become part of this project:
> >   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT7918317611.html
> >
> > ... it's a general purpose mobile computing platform,
> > based on Linux.  It contains a cell phone, a GPS
> > device, a hard disk, and single-chip PC.
> >
> > He's talking to one device via USB and having
> > a little trouble; he found a new USB driver but
> > would like a solid Red Hat guy to take care of
> > the installation.  It's a Prolific Technology
> > PL2303 USB to Serial convertor.
> >
> > Also, he's looking for help interfacing to a
> > PCMCIA 802.11b network card.  What he's got is
> > a Linksys WCF-12, but he's flexible on that.
> >
> > So what we need is someone who's really comfortable
> > with building systems under Red Hat; is used to
> > plugging pieces together on the breadboard; and
> > has some perspective on the above types of devices.
> >
> > Contact me by phone THIS EVENING if you may be
> > able to work with him tomorrow!  I'm at 602-867-4785.