offlist Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] <FOR SALE> Ye olde ISA Wavelens

[paul van den bergen]

the appropriate driver according to /etc/defaults/pccard.conf is the awi 
driver...  but it is one of these old cards that needs the microswitches and 
the internal registers and the OS settings to agree, AFAI can work out from 
the (windows based) instructions that came with it... sure I could fiddle 
with windows and set teh settings specifically, then fire up BSD and set teh 
values in the kernel config, but I figured it is worth seeing if anyone else 
has already sorted any of these issues.... and I am not in a screeming 
hurry... giveme a week or two... :-)

On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:04 pm, grenville armitage wrote:
> wouldn't these be supported by the existing wi0 or wl0 drivers?
> (LINT has a comment suggesting the wl driver supports ISA wavelan
> devices... if the NCR cards really do conform to the old "wavelan"
> spec that'd seem like an avenue to try...)
>
> cheers,
> gja
>
> paul van den bergen wrote:
> > I also have 2 of these beasties... anyone know configuration details for
> > FreeBSD?
> >
> > in terms of power and range, mine are 650 mW with a nominal range of 35
> > km!!!
> >
> > mind you, at 650 mW, an 8-9 dBi antenna will take one over 4W EIRP.  I
> > would really like to see some details of the capabilities of these cards
> > and how to tweek their settings... original software and drivers for win
> > 3.11 !
> >
> > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:34 am, Jason Hecker wrote:
> > > Yo all,
> > >
> > > I have some friends who collectively want to sell their 2Mbit full
> > > length 8 bit ISA card Ye Olde Originale NCR Wavelan cards.  They are
> > > 2.4GHz devices and work very nicely in Linux with the wavelan.o driver.
> > >  They go very nice in a 486 with a basic linux running such as LRP. 
> > > These days, they are probably good for a secure link as they aren't
> > > compatible with 802.11anything so would be tricky to snoop.  They have
> > > a similar range performance to 801.11 equipment.
> >
> > --
> > Dr Paul van den Bergen
> > Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures
> > caia.swin.edu.au
> > pvandenbergen at swin.edu.au
> > IM:bulwynkl2002
> > It's a book. Non-volatile storage media. Everyone should have one.
> >
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Dr Paul van den Bergen
Centre for Advanced Internet Architectures
caia.swin.edu.au
pvandenbergen at swin.edu.au
IM:bulwynkl2002
It's a book. Non-volatile storage media. Everyone should have one.

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