On Sun, 8 May 2005, Richard Bos wrote:
> Op zondag 8 mei 2005 06:27, schreef [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > > > > Supported hardware: > > > > > > > > � The wireless_ltsp package was built and > > > > � tested use the following equipment: > > > > > > > > � �o �DELL Latitude CPt-C400 laptop > > > > > > > > � �o �Lucent Orinoco Silver wireless card > > > > > > > > � �o �Linksys EtherFast 10/100 PC Card (wired) > > > > > > > > � �o �3Com 3CXFE575BT 10/100 PC Card (wired) > > > > > > > > � �o �Desktop computer with a Lucent PCIPC PCI->PCMCIA adapter > > > > � � � card with the Orinoco card. > > > > > > > > > > > > It works for me with the Lucent Orinoco. > > > > There are 3 (more ?) chipsets on the Orinoco Silver wireless card. > > Agere � �- does not work > > Intersil - does not work > > Prism � �- does work > > Jim, do you meant that those chipsets are used on the Orinoco Silver wireless > card or do you refer to the 3 as different brands/wireless cards? > > Did you test those cards and they just did not work, or is there just no > support in the wireless package for those cards (yet). > > > Get a card that does work eg use knoppix to try > > THEN work on ltsp-support. Or just accept the pain! you may be lucky > > you may not > > James > > As Catherine St�fan asked "how to modify a bootable floppy used for LTSP to > include the relevant drivers/module ? I would just like to know where I could > find the documentation to achieve this.". > > I'm curious to such a description as well. There is no documentation to modify the ltsp-wireless kit to include new drivers. The ltsp_wireless package was a quick hack to get something working. When I did it, I stumbled upon a problem. That is, the wireless package as it stands just barely fits on a floppy. newer kernels with more drivers won't fit. I never had the time to go back and re-engineer it to fit better. In addition, at the time that I built the wireless package, there was VERY little interest in it. A few people played with it, some successfully, but at 11mbit (6-7mbit in reality), it was just too slow to be generally useful for everybody. The problem with newer cards is that most of them require firmware for the card, and we are UNABLE to re-distribute that firmware, which makes the wireless package that much harder to manage. Somebody, given enough time, could design a wireless package that allows you to easily integrate new drivers and proprietary firmware into a wireless kernel image. That's not likely going to be me, as we're knee deep in working out issues with local devices and local sound. Plus the help we'll be giving to the Ubuntu developers, to integrate LTSP into the next release of Ubuntu. So, I believe it's time for somebody in the community to step forward and devote the time necessary to create a general wireless booting solution that works with both the legacy wireless cards and the latest higher-speed wireless cards. Any takers? Jim McQuillan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
