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2 01 2009

Synack Communications has done some testing of the PowerConsumptions of some common Wireless LANs. Roger Coudhas developped an impressive package to predict the performance andcoverage of radio system based on the HostAP driver. The Arlan WirelessRouter Howto explain how to use the Proxim card tocreate point to point links. ThomasCorey has developed driver for the Raytheon Raylink802.

Ben Gross has morelinks about Wireless mostly Linux related, and quite up todate. This is based on theHostAP driver. JasonBoxman has pretty extensive Howto on how to identify the various card,especially USB devices. Paul Foxwas working on driver for the IBM Wireless LAN Entry card aproduct which is discontinued. The Kernel Notes website, with kernel changes and more kernel hacking info. David maintains very neat anduseful package. Try to find the unlicensedbands You also want to check mypaper page, especially if you look for either mypublications or SWAP information. The Linux KernelArchive.

Werner, alongside the LinuxMobileGuide,keeps long list of cards, but theinformation on this page is not always correct, so double check. David Gibsonis the author and maintainer of the Orinoco Linux driver. The NTIA maintain chart of thefrequencies in use in the US. Mathews has developped the linuxwlan stack, usedby the linuxwlan driver. They have tested the latest products fromthe big names. This is based on theHostAP driver. He has coupleof mailing list about it. The Guide to IPLayer Network Administration with Linux. Absovalhas one of the exaustive list of wireless cards, and listcompatibility of PrismII cards with their own linuxwlandriver.

Linux users in Australia areusing the good old Wavelan or the Wavelan IEEE Linuxdriver. Lee JohnKeyserAllen was the maintainer of the Prism andPrismII based cards Linux drivers and is doing lots orwork on implementing layer for Linux. He has coupleof mailing list about it. Absovalhas one of the exaustive list of wireless cards, and listcompatibility of PrismII cards with their own linuxwlandriver.

The web page of Donald Becker who has authored Linux Ethernet drivers butnot the HP 100vg driver use on my PCs.. Sam Leffler andMichael Renzmann are maintaining the net80211 stack, whichis used by the MadWifi driver andby FreeBSD. He has amailinglist about it. HendrikJan Heins isnow maintaining an updated version of the exaustive list fromAbsoval. Also, there is an LRP AironetHowto. Jacco Tunnissen has lotsof links about Wardriving and Wireless Security. Laptops are always more problematic. Reseau Citoyen is deployingtheir wireless network in Bruxelles, Belgium, and has anextensive amount of information in french.