Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2001 21:16:15 -0700 (PDT) From: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> To: <jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com> Cc: <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Orinoco USB ? Message-ID: <1504.206.112.124.107.994738575.squirrel@medusa.kfu.com> In-Reply-To: <15174.9077.670203.615249@hip186.ch.intel.com> References: <15174.9077.670203.615249@hip186.ch.intel.com>
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> > [ On Friday, July 6, Nick Sayer wrote: ] >> Is anyone working on a driver for the (new?) Lucent Orinoco USB module >> or any other 802.11b USB dongles? It would be an excellent solution >> to the problem of turning a desktop machine into an 802.11 router. >> > > Hadn't even heard of the new hardware, but that sounds awesome! If > there is somebody who *could* work on this driver, but just needs > hardware, let's start a pool going to provide said coder with said > hardware. I'll pony up $20! > > Is Lucent tight-lipped regarding the specs (like usual)? For what it's worth, I saw a review where someone took it apart. It is a little widget that uses a popular USB interface microcontroller gizmo (the anchor chip?) that goes to a PC-Card socket, which has a Silver card plugged into it. So it would probably only require a sort of attachment shim on the front of the existing wi driver. > > -Jr > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-= > | John Reynolds WCCG, CCE, (space for rent, cheap!) > | | Intel Corporation MS: CH6-210 Phone: 480-554-9092 pgr: > 602-868-6512 | | jreynold@sedona.ch.intel.com > http://www-aec.ch.intel.com/~jreynold/ | > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-= To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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