[wplug] the linux-wlan project

Patrick Wagstrom pwagstro at andrew.cmu.edu
Fri Feb 9 23:06:53 EST 2007


Zach wrote:
> http://www.linux-wlan.org/

I'm confused about why this was posted.  In general, unless you have a 
very good reason to, you should NOT be using the linux-wlan drivers 
anymore.  They're old and they don't follow the standard wireless 
extensions, meaning that your favorite tools like NetworkManager will 
have some problems working with them.

The original Linux-Wlan was a very good start at getting wireless 
support into the kernel, but now most cards can be built right from the 
kernel tree...atheros chipsets being the major exception - but that's 
what madwifi-ng is for.  The only common card that linux-wlan supports 
is the prism2, but the drivers in the tree work much better.

Just my thoughts on the subject.

--Patrick


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