Long Range Wireless Technology

Lots of linksabout Wireless no longer updated. Absovalhas one of the exaustive list fromAbsoval. Laptops are always more problematic. Their list is long and they have mailinglist about it. Reyk Floeter wasworking on GPL driver for the various cards based on the ATHEROS802. 11a chipset, and had preliminary source code available notyet functional.

Jrg Albert ismaintaining the alternate driver for Atmel USB devicesoriginally written by Oliver Kurth. Michael Buesch and manypeople are working on the TI ACX100 OpenSource driver, andthey have mailing listabout it. The Prism54 project aremaintaining the driver for Intersil 802. 11g cards, and theyhave some mailinglists about it. PersonalTelco has short list of PrismII cards for which manyLinux drivers are available. MoustafaYoussef is the maintainer of the mwvlan driver, modifiedversion of wvlan_cs with scanning support. Laptops are always more problematic. BAWUG, the Bay AreaCalifornia Wireless User group is pretty active and has some mailing lists.

JacekPliszka has many tips on how to use Linux as Wirelessrouter for their wireless ISP LIVE. COM. Looking for Linux, thats the place… Paul Foxwas working on driver for the Elsa MC2 and ZCOMWL24 devices originally written by ZCOM and Elsa. Thisstack is currently in the Linux kernel 2. 6. 14, is used by variousIntel Centrino drivers and is derived from the HostAP driver.

The NTIA maintain chart of thefrequencies in use in the US. Jouni Malinen hasdeveloped the ieee80211 devicescape stack, which is derivedfrom the HostAP driver. WISPDist isas embedded Linux distribution for wireless routers based on LEAF Bering and that cards. KismetWireless list card compatible with Kismet, and thecorresponding driver. Definitely worth read, even if theydont mention Linux support PC MagazineZDnet has done short reviewof 802. 11b products. Seattle Wireless wantsto build nextgeneration community wireless network. They have tested the latest products fromthe big names.

Ive found really good web page on thedifferent radio products available now quite outdated. They have tested the latest products fromthe big names. Looking for Linux, thats the place… The Kernel Notes website, with kernel changes and more kernel hacking info. Atmel has aSourceForge projects for their Atmel USB and Pcmcia drivers,with some mailinglists. BernardAdoba has created The Unofficial Security Web Page,with many links about security issues in wireless networks and802. 1x. David maintains very neat anduseful package. Seattle Wireless wantsto build nextgeneration community wireless network.