Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 04:35:57 +0000 () From: Ilya Ravich <ilya@octet.com> To: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Wireless Ethernet (update) Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950627043259.867A-100000@ben.octet.com>
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There has been some good news regarding FreeBSD drivers for wireless ethernet (AIRLan). According to Mike Pearce <pearce@malcolm.wdgarl.wes.mot.com>, these cards are based on WaveLan chipset from NCR/AT&T. All of the original documentation (which I do not have) comes from NCR, and, unfortunately, Solectek (Tel: 800-437-1518) is not too keen or releasing it. Mike was also kind enough to provide the source for AirLAN/AirWAVE ISA card driver for Linux: > Here it is. I also threw in some other code I found for Berkeley-like > UNIX'es from Harvard (for the Mach kernel), and one for BSDI from > Indiana (this one is kind of a hack, from the looks of it, but it may > be useful for reference). I never had the time to make these work, but > at least they're not under the GPL. All of this is now available for download -- ftp to octet.com; get /pub/wireless/wavelan-code.tar -- or email me <ilya@octet.com> for uuencoded version. Now, this is a start. As I mentioned before, I am not a kernel-level man, so I probably won't be able to get it woking on FreeBSD. Anyone out there who can/wants/needs to -- please contact me on this one. Those who asked about availability of these cards: price for the ISA version is $699 -- this comes with a small antenna (up to 800 feet). A 3-mile directional antenna kit goes for $499. I am not certain about export restrictions, but I can find out if need be. Cheers, Ilya <ilya@octet.com>
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