Date: Mon, 19 Oct 1998 05:59:56 -0400 (EDT) From: Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net> To: Andy Newman <atrn@zeta.org.au> Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Who is using the wavelan driver ? Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.91.981019054740.27544A-100000@lily.ezo.net> In-Reply-To: <199810190227.MAA06568@godzilla.zeta.org.au>
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Jim Flowers <jflowers@ezo.net> #4 ISP on C|NET, #1 in Ohio On Mon, 19 Oct 1998, Andy Newman wrote: > > I was using some recently and there are some new drivers for 95/NT that > support the "ad-hoc" networking mode. As for the other complaints I can't I saw that they have a firmware upgrade that allows what they called "demo" adhoc networking but couldn't fathom what that was. One thing the 802.11 does is to look around for a wireless network to join so I thought "demo" mode might bypass that. > say anything as I've never used them before but I'd like to know about the > h/w i/f on the 802.11 cards as a Linux/BSD driver would be useful to me > (to avoid buying a WavePOINT to get at our Ethernet from the wireless hosts > and to avoid NT for obvious reasons). If they do ad-hoc, I think they should be able to do point-to-multipoint with a Linux/BSD driver. The older style used a PC Card modem in an ISA carrier that hand an Intel Ethernet chip on it that was documented. If you look at the 802.11 ISA there is an IC that is a PC Card adapter. I think I found a web site for it but I don't remember if it had documentation. > > > I also notice the www.wavelan.com site is no longer responding > > No, it's up and I'm looking at it now. The DNS says its 195.108.47.86 if > you suspect stale DNS troubles. Thanks, I see it's back up. It was gone Friday when I really needed it (troubleshooting a WavePOINT in a remote area) and most of the weekend. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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