[geeks] 802.11b with SBus PCMCIA card

[Mike Nicewonger]

Hmmm. Clear ass mud eh?

Mike N
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Hansen" <Ken.Hansen at ICTI-USA.com>
To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 3:36 PM
Subject: RE: [geeks] 802.11b with SBus PCMCIA card


> No one can seem to point out what cards are supportd by the drivers.
>
> I imagine they are still supported, but no one can provide me a particular
card to get...
>
> I bought 2 AT&T WaveLan cards for use in my SPARCbooks, but could not get
them working. The drivers were from Tadpole, but Ian Spray from Tadpole
can't even get his hands on a document that lists the supported cards...
>
> He *hinted* that there may be some support in the near future for some
more modern replacements (802.11b, hopefully, although which chipset?)...
>
> Ken
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike Nicewonger [mailto:twmaster at twmaster.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 3:10 PM
> To: geeks at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [geeks] 802.11b with SBus PCMCIA card
>
>
> I seem to recall there being support for the older 2 Mbps WaveLan cards.
IS
> this so?
>
> Mike N
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ken Hansen" <Ken.Hansen at ICTI-USA.com>
> To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 2:51 PM
> Subject: RE: [geeks] 802.11b with SBus PCMCIA card
>
>
> > I have no word on drivers for *any* 802.11b cards, for any release of
> Solaris.
> >
> > The PCMCIA interface is not a significant player in this equation,
IMHO -
> but the 802.11b cards are, as far as I can tell, unsupported.
> >
> > Older 802.11 (2 Mb/s) cards seem to have been supported, but th
ewhiteface
> AT&T WaveLan cards I have do not work under Solaris 2.6 (although a driver
> is included in that release).
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Murphy [mailto:drjolt+geeks at redbrick.dcu.ie]
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 11:16 AM
> > To: geeks at mrbill.net
> > Subject: [geeks] 802.11b with SBus PCMCIA card
> >
> >
> > Anybody know if wireless ethernet PC cards (are likely to) work in a
> > Sun with the SBus-PCMCIA under *BSD/Solaris/Linux?
> >
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