Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 09 Aug 1999 11:07:27 +0200 | From | Joerg Pommnitz <> | Subject | Answer: Wireless ethernet? |
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What you are looking for is probably IEEE 802.11. A very popular system based on this standard is Lucent WaveLan. The driver provided by Lucent supports the proprietary 5 and 10 Mb/s modulations for shorter range. I'm just now using WaveLan with Andy's driver. It works beautifully.
Suggested reading: 1.) Linux Wireless LAN Howto (with lots of additional links) http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ 2.) The Lucent WaveLan Homepage http://www.wavelan.com/ 3.) The GPL Linux WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11 driver http://www.fasta.fh-dortmund.de/users/andy/wvlan/
-- Regards Joerg GMD-IPSI, Dolivostr. 15, Zimmer 120, D-64293 Darmstadt +49-6151-869-786 (Phone), -818 (FAX)
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