Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt

   1         The Wavelan drivers saga
   2         ------------------------
   3
   4         By Jean Tourrilhes <jt@hpl.hp.com>
   5
   6         The Wavelan is a Radio network adapter designed by
   7 Lucent. Under this generic name is hidden quite a variety of hardware,
   8 and many Linux driver to support it.
   9         The get the full story on Wireless LANs, please consult :
  10                 http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
  11
  12 "wavelan" driver (old ISA Wavelan)
  13 ----------------
  14         o Config :      Network device -> Wireless LAN -> AT&T WaveLAN
  15         o Location :    .../drivers/net/wavelan*
  16         o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/wavelan.p.h
  17         o on-line doc :
  18             http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html
  19
  20         This is the driver for the ISA version of the first generation
  21 of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s, composed of a
  22 Intel 82586 controller and a Lucent Modem, and is NOT 802.11 compliant.
  23         The driver has been tested with the following hardware :
  24         o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz (full length ISA card)
  25         o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz 2.0 (half length ISA card)
  26         o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz (full length ISA card, fixed frequency)
  27         o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz 2.0 (half length ISA card, frequency selectable)
  28         o Above cards with the optional DES encryption feature
  29
  30 "wavelan_cs" driver (old Pcmcia Wavelan)
  31 -------------------
  32         o Config :      Network device -> PCMCIA network ->
  33                                 Pcmcia Wireless LAN -> AT&T/Lucent WaveLAN
  34         o Location :    .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan*
  35         o in-line doc : .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan_cs.h
  36         o on-line doc :
  37             http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html
  38
  39         This is the driver for the PCMCIA version of the first
  40 generation of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s,
  41 composed of a Intel 82593 controller (totally different from the 82586)
  42 and a Lucent Modem, and NOT 802.11 compatible.
  43         The driver has been tested with the following hardware :
  44         o Wavelan Pcmcia 915 MHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate
  45                                         modem/antenna block)
  46         o Wavelan Pcmcia 2.4 GHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate
  47                                         modem/antenna block)
  48
  49 "wvlan_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, GPL)
  50 -----------------
  51         o Config :      Not yet in kernel
  52         o Location :    Pcmcia package 3.1.10+
  53         o on-line doc : http://www.fasta.fh-dortmund.de/users/andy/wvlan/
  54
  55         This is the driver for the current generation of Wavelan IEEE,
  56 which is 802.11 compatible. Depending on version, it is 2 Mb/s or 11
  57 Mb/s, with or without encryption, all implemented in Lucent specific
  58 DSP (the Hermes).
  59         This is a GPL full source PCMCIA driver (ISA is just a Pcmcia
  60 card with ISA-Pcmcia bridge).
  61
  62 "wavelan2_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, binary)
  63 --------------------
  64         o Config :      Not yet in kernel
  65         o Location :    ftp://sourceforge.org/pcmcia/contrib/
  66
  67         This driver support exactly the same hardware as the previous
  68 driver, the main difference is that it is based on a binary library
  69 and supported by Lucent.
  70
  71         I hope it clears the confusion ;-)
  72
  73         Jean