[SPARCbook] Wireless 802.11 on Sparcbook?

Michael Lorenz ml at rz.uni-potsdam.de
Wed Jun 7 18:12:56 CDT 2000


Greetings !

> I don't think so - most of the cards I have seen require drivers and are not
> "standard" (as in "like a 3Com card") interface.
Well, no. I remember seeing a driver for a WaveLan card on
tadpolerdi.com. Don't know wether this is 802.11 conform but it is
definitely a wireless LAN card.

> I wonder if anyone makes a unit that acts as a bridge - connects your
> 10BaseT
> port to a wireless unit (cigarette pack size, due to power req.) and that
> connects
> to a 802.11 base unit? That would be a nice unit, but since there would be a
> small CPU and 2nd network interface, such a unit would probably cost 2x what
> a "normal" 802.11 card would cost, if it were even available...

bye
Michael







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