[SPARCbook] PCWLAN interface??

[Koyote]

I'd love to know which model and rev of card this is, and/or if there's anything else known to work-

note that i'm on solaris 2.6, as i can't seem to get a hold of the 7 for tadpole...

thanks!
Christof

On Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 05:39:34PM -0400, Michael Schiller wrote:
> Hi All.
> 
> Before the list gets shut down, I have a quick question...
> 
> I know that there have been messages before regarding wavelan use on the
> sparcbook, so I thought I'd ask a question. A while ago I picked up what
> I thought was a wavelan card, and it is sort of, it's a WaveLAN/EAM
> which is apparently an external antenna module for a WavePOINT-II access
> point. I didn't know if this is actually a wavelan card or not, but
> today I decided to try putting it in my sparcbook, and see what happens.
> I must admit I was expecting to see the LCD show that a card was
> installed, and little else, but was I surprised. After putting it in the
> system recognized it, not only as a pcmcia card, but as a wavelan card!
> in the /dev dir was /dev/pcwlan and /dev/pcwlan0 links, and using
> ifconfig pcwlan0 plumb I was able to get the interface plumbed into the
> system. I don't have an antenna for this yet, so I couldn't get much
> further, but my real question is this:
> 
> Has anyone else gotten this far with wavelan stuff, and had it not work
> further, or did I just luck out, and get the correct version of the
> wavelan card to work with the sparcbook drivers? There's an ISP in town
> that does wireless internet, and one of their 2 towers is less than a
> mile from my house, so I should be able to reach it once I get an
> antenna, but I don't want to waste the money if it's not going to work.
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> -Mike
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