[SPARCbook] wlan

[Lionel Peterson]

> From: "John Appleby" <john at dnsworld.co.uk>
> Date: 2004/02/27 Fri PM 03:48:48 GMT
> To: "For owners of Tadpole/RDI's SPARCbook series of portable   Sun-compatible computer systems." <sparcbook at sunhelp.org>
> Subject: RE: [SPARCbook] wlan
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm not aware that any 802.11b card works right, but I might
> be wrong. I have the 3com version of that card and I think
> there is a *BSD driver that could be converted. It's on my
> todo list, but sadly not too high up it.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: sparcbook-bounces at sunhelp.org
> [mailto:sparcbook-bounces at sunhelp.org] On Behalf Of Mike Parson
> Sent: 27 February 2004 15:31
> To: sparcbook at sunhelp.org
> Subject: [SPARCbook] wlan
> 
> Is this the card that (reportedly) works with our 3gx's/Sol 2.6?
> 
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3081134216&category=45000
> 
> There's a whole bunch of them on ebay right now...

A few WiFI thoughts:

 - OpenBSD supports PCMCIA controller in Tadpole laptops http://www.openbsd.org/sparc.html#hardware

 - OpenBSD supports some WiFi cards on the SPARC platform (Linksys WPC11, Orinoco cards, others) http://www.openbsd.org/sparc.html#hardware

If you insist on Solaris, www.lynnsoft.com has PCMCIA drivers that support WiFI, but they don't seem to support Solaris 7 (only 8 and 9) - I have an email in to them. Their driver, if it works is $100. They also have drivers for x86 Solaris & WiFi cards.

That si the best I can come up with, as well as the more traditional "get a couple WAP11s and make a WiFi bridge" for about $130.