[SPARCbook] 802.11 network cards

[Stephen Martin]

Jim Thompson wrote:

> 
> I don't know of any, but it seems fairly straightforward.  There are 
> quite a few Linux/BSD drivers
> out there (with source), and the Tadpole PCMCIA stack should accommodate 
> an 802.11 card
> in a fairly straightforward manner.
> 
> If I had to guess, the PRISM-based cards (basically everything that 
> isn't Lucent, Cisco or Symbol)
> would be the easiest.   (And yes, I know that Cisco/Symbol are both 
> PRISM-based, but they
> tweak their firmware.)
> 
> If I still had a sparcbook, I'd consider doing this just for hack-value.
> 
> Jim
> (who used to work in engineering at Tadpole.)
> 
>> hello,
>> has anyone gotten any 802.11 wireless network cards to work with the
>> sparcbooks? If so what kind and how?
>> 

I have a sparcbook and a Lucent Orinoco silver card. I tried the card in
the sparcbook but could see no visible sign that it recognized it. If anyone
would like to send me info/code/pointers I would be happy to experiment with
it.

By the way, the Lucent card is basically plug and play under Linux on an
intel laptop.
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