Stovall, Adrian M. wrote: ...
I noted that WISP-DIST became part of LEAF, and I am interested in building a cheap access point/firewall.
The firewall part is easy, but I'm having trouble finding a comprehensive (read exhaustive) set of instructions, FAQ, How-to, or the like on getting a DWL-520 (E-series) to work in a LEAF distro.
WISP-DIST does have its very own mailing list. http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=13751
There is some documentation here. http://leaf-project.org/wisp-dist/bin/doc/html/book1.htm
Chapter 6 of the Linux Unwired book mentions LEAF and WISP-DIST. http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/lnxunwired/toc.html
I am afraid there's some bad news about the DWL-520 cards here. http://leaf-project.org/wisp-dist/bin/doc/html/x90.htm#UNSUPPORTED-HARDWARE
I don't know if it is a Kernel support issue as in no driver for the TI chipset, or space limitations don't allow room for DWL-520 support.
Most of the instructions are centered around full-blown distros, and assume that I can compile kernels, user-mode apps, etc, on the machine that the card will be installed in. I can manage it in time, I think, and if I have to slog through the process of mating all the steps, I will (and I'll write a how-to, if there isn't one), but I'm hoping I don't need to.
If anyone can provide pointers to documentation on creating a wisp distro that supports the D-Link DWL-520 E1, I'd appreciate it.
If not, then Expect a how-to from me sometime next month ;)
Greg
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