James Ketrenos and manypeople
27 12 2008You can also check the classical Linux on Laptops web site. The NTIA maintain chart of thefrequencies in use in the US. James Ketrenos andmany people are working on the Intel PROWireless driverthe infamous Centrino MiniPCI card, they also maintain web pages forthe Intel PROWireless2200, the IntelPROWireless and the Intel PROWireless4965. JasonHecker maintains list of all Atmel USB devices. Reseau Citoyen is deployingtheir wireless network in Bruxelles, Belgium, and has anextensive amount of information in french. Of course, list number of vendors in the various sections ofthe Howto… CullenJennings and ElmerJoandi were the maintainers of the Aironet Arlan Linuxdriver.
Introduction The devices, thedrivers other Unsupported devicesUsing Win32 driversOther technologiesWireless bridge, HAM, IrDA, BlueTooth, CellularWireless LANs in use Choice, features &interoperabilityWhich vendor How toidentify cardInstallation, configuration& documentationDeployement issues topology, performance, reliability, coverage, security…Wireless Extensions forLinux Wireless LAN technologyoverview MAC, LAN, Layer and other strange words…Anatomy of radio LANThe radio modem physical layerThe MAC level link layerSome Wireless LAN standardsLucent WavelanIEEE, Lucent Orinoco, Apple Airport Enterasys RoamAbout 802, ElsaAirLancer & MelcoBuffalo 802. 11bObsolete GPLdriver in Pcmcia package wvlan_csMPLGPL driver inKernel orinoco_csbinarylibrary driver from Lucent, Enterasys & Agere wavelan2_cs, USBdriver orinoco_usbGPL Airportdriver airportIntersil PrismII basedcards the common 802.
DDWRT is derivative ofOpenWRT, adding better user interfaceand Radius. Mark Wallis and Ivo vanDoorn are maintaining the binary Atheros driver,and have mailing listabout it. Definitely worth read, even if theydont mention Linux support PC MagazineZDnet has done short reviewof 802. 11b products. JamesP. Hehas mailinglist about it. Elektrosmog wantsfast Internet everywhere, starting in Sweeden. MoustafaYoussef is the maintainer of the mwvlan driver, modifiedversion of wvlan_cs with scanning support. Toms Networking hasfrequent detailed reviews of various wireless hardware. Advanced, exhaustive,accurate and up to date thats quite feat. RossFinlayson explain in details how to use Linux as Wirelessrouter for their wireless ISP LIVE. COM.
Michael Buesch and manypeople are working on the SoftMAC layer for theIntel ieee80211 stack. Ive found really good web page on thedifferent radio products available now quite outdated. This stack iscurrently in the Linux kernel 2. 6. 22 and used by few driversRealTek….
The web page of Donald Becker who has authored Linux Ethernet drivers butnot the HP 100vg driver use on my PCs.. Pavel Roskinmaintains the SymbolCF version of the Orinoco Linux driver. The Low CostWireless Network Howto explain how to use the Proxim card tocreate point to point links. BernardAdoba has created The Unofficial Security Web Page,with many links about security issues in wireless networks and802. 1x. Theyhave set up central linuxWirelessmailing list that only some drivers use. Jouni Malinen hasdeveloped the ieee80211 devicescape stack, which is derivedfrom the HostAP driver. And they have comprehensive list of links…
