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1 | The Wavelan drivers saga |
2 | ------------------------ | |
3 | ||
4 | By Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com> | |
5 | ||
6 | The Wavelan is a Radio network adapter designed by | |
7 | Lucent. Under this generic name is hidden quite a variety of hardware, | |
8 | and many Linux driver to support it. | |
9 | The get the full story on Wireless LANs, please consult : | |
10 | http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ | |
11 | ||
12 | "wavelan" driver (old ISA Wavelan) | |
13 | ---------------- | |
14 | o Config : Network device -> Wireless LAN -> AT&T WaveLAN | |
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15 | o Location : .../drivers/net/wireless/wavelan* |
16 | o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/wireless/wavelan.p.h | |
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17 | o on-line doc : |
18 | http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html | |
19 | ||
20 | This is the driver for the ISA version of the first generation | |
21 | of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s, composed of a | |
22 | Intel 82586 controller and a Lucent Modem, and is NOT 802.11 compliant. | |
23 | The driver has been tested with the following hardware : | |
24 | o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz (full length ISA card) | |
25 | o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz 2.0 (half length ISA card) | |
26 | o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz (full length ISA card, fixed frequency) | |
27 | o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz 2.0 (half length ISA card, frequency selectable) | |
28 | o Above cards with the optional DES encryption feature | |
29 | ||
30 | "wavelan_cs" driver (old Pcmcia Wavelan) | |
31 | ------------------- | |
32 | o Config : Network device -> PCMCIA network -> | |
33 | Pcmcia Wireless LAN -> AT&T/Lucent WaveLAN | |
34 | o Location : .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan* | |
35 | o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan_cs.h | |
36 | o on-line doc : | |
37 | http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html | |
38 | ||
39 | This is the driver for the PCMCIA version of the first | |
40 | generation of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s, | |
41 | composed of a Intel 82593 controller (totally different from the 82586) | |
42 | and a Lucent Modem, and NOT 802.11 compatible. | |
43 | The driver has been tested with the following hardware : | |
44 | o Wavelan Pcmcia 915 MHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate | |
45 | modem/antenna block) | |
46 | o Wavelan Pcmcia 2.4 GHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate | |
47 | modem/antenna block) | |
48 | ||
49 | "wvlan_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, GPL) | |
50 | ----------------- | |
51 | o Config : Not yet in kernel | |
52 | o Location : Pcmcia package 3.1.10+ | |
53 | o on-line doc : http://www.fasta.fh-dortmund.de/users/andy/wvlan/ | |
54 | ||
55 | This is the driver for the current generation of Wavelan IEEE, | |
56 | which is 802.11 compatible. Depending on version, it is 2 Mb/s or 11 | |
57 | Mb/s, with or without encryption, all implemented in Lucent specific | |
58 | DSP (the Hermes). | |
59 | This is a GPL full source PCMCIA driver (ISA is just a Pcmcia | |
60 | card with ISA-Pcmcia bridge). | |
61 | ||
62 | "wavelan2_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, binary) | |
63 | -------------------- | |
64 | o Config : Not yet in kernel | |
65 | o Location : ftp://sourceforge.org/pcmcia/contrib/ | |
66 | ||
67 | This driver support exactly the same hardware as the previous | |
68 | driver, the main difference is that it is based on a binary library | |
69 | and supported by Lucent. | |
70 | ||
71 | I hope it clears the confusion ;-) | |
72 | ||
73 | Jean |