OT:WTB:wireless access point

here is a cut and paste from the linux kernel email list.



> I could not find anything regarding $SUBJECT.
> Next week I will be getting the Netgear WG602 (Access point),
> WG511 (PCMCIA card) and WG311 (PCI card), all of which are
> 54 Mbs 802.11g compliant.
> I will be able to test the PCI card on both 2.4 and 2.6.
> The PCMCIA card only under 2.4
> (My old (1999) via-based laptop doesn't like 2.6 but that's another
> story)
>
>
> Margit




The only support that I am aware of is for the Atheros a, a/b, and a/b/g
chipsets. Atheros has released a binary only driver (still very beta) -
for more info see:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi

Also, there is an effort to create an opensource driver for this
hardware at:

http://team.vantronix.net/ar5k/

This is driver is in its very early stages, only useful for serious
developers.

I am not aware of any drivers or efforts involving the Broadcom b/g
chipset, which seems to be the dominant chipset for b/g products.
(Although I don't know what radio the products you mentioned are based on.)

Roy







Eric Lee Green wrote:

> On Wednesday 30 July 2003 10:31 am, Craig White wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 2003-07-30 at 12:04, Alan Dayley wrote:
>>
>>>I am in the market to buy a wireless access point with DSL routing
>>>capability. Something from d-link, linksys, netgear, whoever. Have one
>>>sitting around that you want to sell? Email me off list.
>
>
>>suggest that you bite the bullet and buy new - 802.11G
>>
>>faster speeds - encryption that isn't broken yet - price is reasonable
>
>
> What's a "G" Cardbus card that's supported by Linux? Last time I looked, none
> of them were supported by Linux :-(.
>

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