On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Mike Hicks wrote:
> I was just wandering around Google News and saw that there are open
> source drivers for some 802.11g-able chipsets made by Atheros.  Of
> course, the specific chipsets supported (ar5210, ar5211, and ar5212)
> don't seem to appear on their website anywhere...
>
> Still, it might be worth checking out.  Does anyone know if these
> chipsets are actually used anywhere?
>
> http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/

Strange, I was just looking at this last night, for my new condo that's
going to be *very* difficult to get ethernet down to the living room
(although it may still be possible without ripping out ~10ft of drywall..
haven't decided for sure yet. *grin*)  It appears that the D-Link DWL-G520
(PCI) card uses it; haven't investigated any PCMCIA cards, though.

I also read somewhere (didn't bookmark the link, and a quick search
doesn't turn it up) that you can pull the MiniPCI card out of the
DWL-G520, and put it in most laptops - apparently, the antenna connector
is the same. So my laptop might just get a 802.11g upgrade if I do go that
route..

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