I have a spare 802.11abg router that can be borrowed if you like. -Doug Ausmus
On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Andrew Greenberg<[email protected]> wrote: > Wuhoo! And *whew*. That's great news. > > So what's the easy and quick way to test the 802.11a functionality? > Should I go ahead and get another couple of these puppies so we can do > direct tests between them? Or should we try and dig up a 802.11a access > point somewhere? Anyone out there have an old 802.11a* access point out > there? > > Andrew > > Josh Triplett wrote: >> We just tested the D-Link DWL-160 802.11abg USB device, and it seems to >> work perfectly with Linux 2.6.30 and the in-kernel ar9170 driver. We >> successfully connected to an 802.11b network on the PSU campus, and this >> email demonstrates that it can communicate. :) >> >> As an added surprise, when we went to search for the firmware for this >> card, we discovered that the ar9170 driver >> <http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170> has GPLed firmware >> <http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/ar9170.fw>, buildable with an >> SH2 toolchain. (We haven't tried it yet.) >> >> We haven't tested 802.11a yet, but we think this one's a winner. >> >> - Josh Triplett and Jamey Sharp >> >> _______________________________________________ >> psas-avionics mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.psas.pdx.edu/mailman/listinfo/psas-avionics >> >> > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------- > Andrew Greenberg > > Portland State Aerospace Society (http://psas.pdx.edu/) > [email protected] P: 503.788.1343 C: 503.708.7711 > ------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > psas-avionics mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.psas.pdx.edu/mailman/listinfo/psas-avionics > _______________________________________________ psas-avionics mailing list [email protected] http://lists.psas.pdx.edu/mailman/listinfo/psas-avionics
