Subject: Re: driver for webgear aviator 2.4 card
To: Christian E. Hopps <chopps@merit.edu>
From: John Hayward <John.C.Hayward@wheaton.edu>
List: tech-kern
Date: 01/25/2000 11:11:08
I looked up the stuff on webgear's home page and it seems that the 
PRO has a "base unit" which looks like it connects via network to a
computer and and remote units.  The aviator 2.4 does not.

I looked up what CompUSA had on their web page and they indicated
WebGear Aviator Pro but the graphic was of an Aviator 2.4

After wasting over 1 hour at one CompUSA store last night and interacting
with 5 sales persons who could not find the unit I went out this morning
to a different CompUSA store and picked up the Aviator 2.4 unit - they had
no Aviator Pro which is what they had on the web.

The box had marked out the number of isa cards and written in a 2 - it
seems the box was printed with only 1 isa card but I should be getting
two.

Will test things out this evening to see if the unit works - I'm keeping
my sale slip just in case.

johnh...
On 24 Jan 2000, Christian E. Hopps wrote:

> Date: 24 Jan 2000 18:57:38 -0500
> From: Christian E. Hopps <chopps@merit.edu>
> To: Atsushi Onoe <onoe@sm.sony.co.jp>
> Cc: thorpej@nas.nasa.gov, jlindgren@espus.com, scottb@iis.com,
>      lennart@augustsson.net, jmarin@pyy.jmp.fi, tech-kern@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: driver for webgear aviator 2.4 card
> 
> Atsushi Onoe <onoe@sm.sony.co.jp> writes:
> 
> > > Apparently, 2.4 and PRO are identical hardware.  Differences are software,
> > > as I understand it.  It may be firmare, driver software, or a combination
> > > of the two.
> > 
> > I found a description about the difference in
> > 	http://www.world.std.com/~corey/raylink.html
> > According to the page, 2.4 supports adhoc mode and PRO supports
> > infrastructure mode (only?).
> 
> I didn't find that conclusve at all.  He said they were the same HW, but 
> just ``setup differently''.  The key here is what ``setup differently''
> means.  I'm going to send another to Corey.
> 
> 
>