Felix writes: > > We already have 'ral' for RT2500, 'rum' for RT2501, and 'ural' for the > > RT2500USB. Do the folks at Ralink really redesign their hardware from > > the ground up with every new product? Is there really no commonality > > among these drivers? > > > In fact, Ralink wifi hardware has mainly 6 series: RT2500PCI, RT2500USB, > RT2501/2600PCI, RT2501/2601USB, RT2700/2800PCI, RT2700/2800USB. > Different hardware needs to download different firmware. And different > hardware has different operation. Linux and BSD also has different > driver for different Ralink hardware. Solaris rwd driver is ported from > BSD.
OK; thanks. That's the sort of background information I was looking for. +1 -- James Carlson, Solaris Networking <james.d.carlson at sun.com> Sun Microsystems / 35 Network Drive 71.232W Vox +1 781 442 2084 MS UBUR02-212 / Burlington MA 01803-2757 42.496N Fax +1 781 442 1677
