Hi there, > -----Original Message----- > From: Mats Erik Andersson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2006 5:34 PM > To: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: [leaf-user] Is the Ralink RT2500 wireless chipset suitable > for Bering? > > Dear All, > > yesterday I stumbled upon claims that the CNet wire- less pci-card > CWP-854 is being sold with source code in order to compile the driver > under GNU/Linux. Then I observed that the Free Software Foundation > includes this particular card in a long list of wireless cards that > are based on the Ralink RT2500 chipset. It is said that the > manufacturer Ralink cooperates with the GNU/Linux community for this > particular driver. > I intend next to build a wireless router for my brother and to use > Bering for that. Of course! Did someone already incorporate this > Ralink-driver for Bering and is willing to spend some words on the > outcome of his labour? Since I have not bought that CNet card yet, I > do not know whether it fits kernel > 2.4.33 as is used by Bering. Anyone who knows? > > Regards > Mats E Andersson
I'm also one of the developers of the rt2x00 project. My main interest in it was to support this driver for the Bering-uClibc project. Fortunately this new driver is being scheduled to enter mainstream kernel. But only for 2.6 series, 2.4 is no longer supported. This leaves us with the shitty legacy code, which does not work properly for most cases. No proper WPA among other things. AP master mode is also not available in any of the codebases i know. Therefore, and spite my envolvment with the rt2x00 project, I cannot honestly endorse it for use in Bering-uClibc. If you need proper AP suport in your router, go for a Atheros based PCI card, using the madwifi drivers. They do use a proprietary HAL driver and thus taint the kernel, but it's currently the best option for us. WPA works using hostapd. Luis Correia Bering-uClibc project developer ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: leaf-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user Support Request -- http://leaf-project.org/
