Re: D-Link DWL-520+

From: Marcos Biscaysaqu <marcos_at_thepacific.net>
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 2003 12:26:02 +1300
That wireless card has Texas Instrument chipset and doesn't work on 
freebsd, I have got a driver for linux but is very dodgy.
I wont recomend you use this wireless card.

Brad Knowles wrote:

> At 2:49 AM +0400 2003/10/06, tokza wrote:
>
>>>      So far as I know, there are no open-source drivers for any 22mpbs
>>>  card anywhere.
>>
>>
>>  Hm, what does "22 mbps" mean? As I know, DWL-520+ is a 
>> 802.11b-standart based
>>  card and the max speed is 11mbps as mentioned in this standart.
>
>
>     In this case, there is only one vendor I know of that sells 
> 802.11b equipment that is also capable of handling 22mbps speeds. That 
> would be TI, and USR is one of their major partners.  It is the TI 
> chipset that I am talking about.
>
>     See 
> <http://www.usr.com/products/networking/wireless-product.asp?sku=USR2210>. 
>
>
>     D-Link is also a reseller of TI chipset hardware.  See 
> <http://presslink.dlink.com/pr/?prid=27>.
>
>>                                                                  
>> Reading card
>>  specification I thought that "22 mbps with AirPlus series" is a kind 
>> of PR or
>>  adverticement :-)
>>  Or is this a kind of "enhanced 802.b" standart? Where can I read 
>> smth about
>>  this?
>
>
>     See above.
>

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Marcos Biscaysaqu

Systems Administrator
ThePacific.Net Ltd.
Received on Sun Oct 05 2003 - 14:25:52 UTC

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