Subject: Re: PCI 802.11b w/NetBSD 1.6
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.ORG>
From: MLH <MLH@goathill.org>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 01/27/2003 21:00:15
On 24 Jan 2003 17:30:02 -0600, Harry Waddell wrote:
> On 24 Jan 2003 22:10:32 GMT
> MLH <MLH@goathill.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Has anyone tried any of the USB wireless clients?
>> 
>> http://www.steinkuehler.de/waveLAN_usb_client.htm
>> http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/avaya/avaya_usb.php
>> 
>> These are supposed still wavelan wireless. Would they use wi or
>> something else?
> 
> I don't believe that any usb 802.11 devices are supported. For all the
> ifconfig options for 802.11 to work, ideally it would have to present the
> same features as a wi device. man -k usb didn't yield anything, but I often
> ls: /usr/src/sys/dev/usb/*wi*: No such file or directory
> 
> to see if something may be supported. There is probably a geocrawler archive
> of the usb-bsd@eleetbsd.org mailling list that may have additional
> information. If Lennart Augusston reads this list, he can answer this
> question.

I didn't locate anything useful.  I would be willing to purchase
and loan one of these to netbsd.org if one of the crew wanted to
work on a driver.