[SPARCbook] Re: Wireless networking

[Chris Powell]

On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 15:30:15 EST, Rikki169 at aol.com wrote:

> Here is the link for the pdf data sheet.
> <A HREF="http://www.d-link.com/products/dwl810/pdfs/DWL_810DS.pdf">http://www.d-link.com/products/dwl810/pdfs/DWL_810DS.pdf</A>

The D-Link DWL-810 is a fine Ethernet to 802.11b bridge, just two
problems using it with the SPARCbook:

1. It's not a PCMCIA card, so wires and 10baseT transceiver still needed.
2. The spec sheet quotes power requirement is +5V 2.4A! Kinda rules out
    battery operation with the SPARCbook.

What is really needed, is a Solaris driver for a bog-standard 802.11b
PCMCIA card (vapourware at present!).


ChrisP.