Long Range Wireless Technology

You can also check the classical Linux on Laptops web site. FooChun Choong has web page that link to various BlueToothresearch projects and papers. He has amailinglist about it. Vladimir Ivaschenko hascreated parprouted, daemon for transparent IP Layer 3proxy ARP bridging. Laptops are always more problematic. The Kernel Notes website, with kernel changes and more kernel hacking info. 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 ATHEROS802. 11a chipset, and had preliminary source code available notyet functional.

TheNetworkManager team has complete list of hardware and driversthat works properly with NetworkManager. Most manufacturer web sites are listed in theHowto… 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.

Like many others, itis based on the ATHEROS802. 11a chipset, and had preliminary source code available notyet functional. The NTIA maintain chart of thefrequencies in use in the US. Jrg Albert ismaintaining the alternate driver for Atmel USB devicesoriginally written by Oliver Kurth. Ben Gross has morelinks about Wireless mostly Linux related, and quite up todate. They have some mailinglists. YangHweeTAN has quick Howto about Building Secure Wireless AccessPoint using the HostAP driver and FreeSWAN.

David maintains very neat anduseful package. KismetWireless list card compatible with Kismet, and thecorresponding driver. Mathews has nice white paper on 802. 11. Toms Networking hasfrequent detailed reviews of various wireless hardware. The Kernel Notes website, with kernel changes and more kernel hacking info. MarkS. Their list is long and they have mailing listabout it. David Leonard was working on public domain Proxim RangeLan2 Pcmciadriver for OpenBSD and needs help. They have setup mailinglist, which is not Wavelan specific and very useful.

Want to flameLinus? Check thelinuxkernel mailing list archive. JamesP. Reseau Citoyen is deployingtheir wireless network in Bruxelles, Belgium, and has anextensive amount of information on his web site FAQ,articles, reviews, links, which is acurate, detailed and up to date. BAWUG, the Bay AreaCalifornia Wireless User group is pretty active and has some mailing lists. Instant Networks, Inchave created OpenAP, aLinux distribution which directly on Prism II Access Points such asthe US Robotics, SMC or Addtron Access Points. Bas Vermeulenhas developed driver for the Elsa MC2 and ZCOMWL24 devices originally written by ZCOM and Elsa.