[wplug] 802.11x Wireless adapters linux compatible

Bryce Lynch bryce at telerama.lm.com
Sun Aug 18 20:03:20 EDT 2002


On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, William Powell wrote:

> I am looking at the available components for 802.11x wireless networking 
> and am wondering about linux compatiblility.  So far none of the 

I'm using a D-Link DWL-650 card with kernel v2.4.18's native set of PCMCIA
drivers (not those from the PCMCIA-CS suite) and it's working fine with my
LinkSys WAP.  I had a WaveLAN Silver 802.11 card, but it didn't work more
often than it did (with either set of drivers).

> manufacturer's data says anything about linux.  Are there any linux 
> FAQ's on wireless?

There is a wireless HOWTO out there, but the URL for it escapes me at the
moment.

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