Date: Tue, 27 Jun 1995 23:50:00 +0400 (????) From: Dmitry Khrustalev <dima@bog.msu.su> To: Ilya Ravich <ilya@octet.com> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Wireless Ethernet (update) Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.91.950627234721.25676B-100000@sunny.bog.msu.su> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950627043259.867A-100000@ben.octet.com>
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On Tue, 27 Jun 1995, Ilya Ravich wrote: > > There has been some good news regarding FreeBSD drivers for wireless > ethernet (AIRLan). According to Mike Pearce > <pearce@malcolm.wdgarl.wes.mot.com>, these cards are based on WaveLan > chipset from NCR/AT&T. All of the original documentation (which I do not > have) comes from NCR, and, unfortunately, Solectek (Tel: 800-437-1518) is > not too keen or releasing it. > There also exist NetBSD driver for pcmcia WaveLan card - see ftp://ftp.cs.cmu.edu/project/coda/netbsd/ -Dima. > Mike was also kind enough to provide the source for AirLAN/AirWAVE ISA card > driver for Linux: > > > Here it is. I also threw in some other code I found for Berkeley-like > > UNIX'es from Harvard (for the Mach kernel), and one for BSDI from > > Indiana (this one is kind of a hack, from the looks of it, but it may > > be useful for reference). I never had the time to make these work, but > > at least they're not under the GPL. > > All of this is now available for download -- ftp to octet.com; get > /pub/wireless/wavelan-code.tar -- or email me <ilya@octet.com> for > uuencoded version. > > Now, this is a start. As I mentioned before, I am not a kernel-level man, > so I probably won't be able to get it woking on FreeBSD. Anyone out there > who can/wants/needs to -- please contact me on this one. > > Those who asked about availability of these cards: price for the ISA > version is $699 -- this comes with a small antenna (up to 800 feet). A > 3-mile directional antenna kit goes for $499. I am not certain about > export restrictions, but I can find out if need be. > > Cheers, > Ilya <ilya@octet.com> >
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