[lug] Trying to get DLINK DWL-650+ to work

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On 12 Feb 2003, Ed Hill wrote:

> Hey, as someone else said, that DWL-650+ is probably *NOT* based on a
> PrismII chipset.  See
>
>   http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/SUPPORTED.CARDS
>
> which *doesn't* list it as a PrismII.  There are plenty of cheap cards
> out there that are PrismII based and will work nicely with Linux so
> perhaps you should swap with someone or buy a different card.

Ed's right about the D-LinkAir Plus series, it's actually a TI chipset (an
ACX100 I believe) with a proprietary 22Mbps mode and proprietary WEP
extensions.  See:

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.html#Prism2

for more info.  To my knowledge there are no open source drivers available
for Linux though since TI's AR5W ADSL/WLAN router has the 22 Mbps mode
with an embedded Linux variant I'd assume that they've got them
internally.  Even the Atheros 802.11a chips have a driver under public
development, so TI's apparent stance is a little weird.

- -- 
Jonathan Conway
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