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  1. The Wavelan drivers saga
  2. ------------------------
  3. By Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
  4. The Wavelan is a Radio network adapter designed by
  5. Lucent. Under this generic name is hidden quite a variety of hardware,
  6. and many Linux driver to support it.
  7. The get the full story on Wireless LANs, please consult :
  8. http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
  9. "wavelan" driver (old ISA Wavelan)
  10. ----------------
  11. o Config : Network device -> Wireless LAN -> AT&T WaveLAN
  12. o Location : .../drivers/net/wavelan*
  13. o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/wavelan.p.h
  14. o on-line doc :
  15. http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html
  16. This is the driver for the ISA version of the first generation
  17. of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s, composed of a
  18. Intel 82586 controller and a Lucent Modem, and is NOT 802.11 compliant.
  19. The driver has been tested with the following hardware :
  20. o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz (full length ISA card)
  21. o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz 2.0 (half length ISA card)
  22. o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz (full length ISA card, fixed frequency)
  23. o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz 2.0 (half length ISA card, frequency selectable)
  24. o Above cards with the optional DES encryption feature
  25. "wavelan_cs" driver (old Pcmcia Wavelan)
  26. -------------------
  27. o Config : Network device -> PCMCIA network ->
  28. Pcmcia Wireless LAN -> AT&T/Lucent WaveLAN
  29. o Location : .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan*
  30. o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan_cs.h
  31. o on-line doc :
  32. http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html
  33. This is the driver for the PCMCIA version of the first
  34. generation of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s,
  35. composed of a Intel 82593 controller (totally different from the 82586)
  36. and a Lucent Modem, and NOT 802.11 compatible.
  37. The driver has been tested with the following hardware :
  38. o Wavelan Pcmcia 915 MHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate
  39. modem/antenna block)
  40. o Wavelan Pcmcia 2.4 GHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate
  41. modem/antenna block)
  42. "wvlan_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, GPL)
  43. -----------------
  44. o Config : Not yet in kernel
  45. o Location : Pcmcia package 3.1.10+
  46. o on-line doc : http://www.fasta.fh-dortmund.de/users/andy/wvlan/
  47. This is the driver for the current generation of Wavelan IEEE,
  48. which is 802.11 compatible. Depending on version, it is 2 Mb/s or 11
  49. Mb/s, with or without encryption, all implemented in Lucent specific
  50. DSP (the Hermes).
  51. This is a GPL full source PCMCIA driver (ISA is just a Pcmcia
  52. card with ISA-Pcmcia bridge).
  53. "wavelan2_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, binary)
  54. --------------------
  55. o Config : Not yet in kernel
  56. o Location : ftp://sourceforge.org/pcmcia/contrib/
  57. This driver support exactly the same hardware as the previous
  58. driver, the main difference is that it is based on a binary library
  59. and supported by Lucent.
  60. I hope it clears the confusion ;-)
  61. Jean