From owner-freebsd-mobile Tue Apr 14 15:48:51 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA07605 for freebsd-mobile-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 15:48:51 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA07599 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 22:48:46 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) with ESMTP id PAA01224; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 15:45:31 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199804142245.PAA01224@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: francis yeung cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: webgear wireless In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 14 Apr 1998 12:38:04 PDT." <199804141938.MAA11648@fyeung5.netific.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 15:45:31 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Fry Electronics in Silicon Valley is advertising 2 wireless > LAN adaptors called Aviator made by WebGear for $275 using > the parallel port. Has anyone tried this ? I doubt it. At least one of these units supports both parallel and serial interfaces though, and I know a small country town ISP running PPP over them. > Is there a driver for the Aviator ? With WebGear's stuffs, > one can setup the base unit as the internet gateway and > the laptop units (up to 8) can share the gateway. There is no driver. If you can obtain documentation on the protocol and an interested developer, I can ensure that you receive the support you need to have the driver integrated into -current. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message