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Subject: [Fwd: Re: atheros driver questions] - msg#00259List: network.wireless.seattle.generallike it's the real deal. Now I just might have to go buy a card or three. :-) ----- Forwarded message from Greg Chesson <greg@xxxxxxxxxxx> ----- Tom Marshall wrote: >1. Why call the project "madwifi"? Are you upset about >something? > no upset. we found it humorous on several levels. > >2. Is this an officially supported product froth Atheros? >If so, where can I find a press release or similar? > good point. the press release people were all at 802.11 Planet last week. there will be a press release "soon" and probably something on atheros.com. Atheros supports the project, but that's not exactly the same as an officially supported product. Those of us who are Linux users and committed to open source will maintain and enhance the software. We also hope it will acquire a life of its own. > >3. Will this driver continue to be supported for the >forseeable future? > yes. in the short term we expect to add support for the crypto protocols, improve performance and compatibility, support the new chips that are coming out, etc. That is low-level hardware dependent stuff, most of it. We're hoping that doing such things as using the driver in access points, mesh networking, moving the driver the the 2.6 kernels will be done by the community. > >4. What chipsets does this driver work with? > it works with all the chips Atheros has produced including the 1st gen chips that are no longer manufactured. > >5. What (consumer brand and model) cards use these chipsets? > Proxim, D-Link, Netgear, Linksys, others. If its a retail 802.11a/b/g card, then it has Atheros chips in it.... at least for the moment that is true. > >6. Does it fully support the wireless-tools interfaces? > you bet. If you find we missed something, let us know or supply a patch or something. > >7. Does it fully support the linux-wlan interfaces? > if you mean does it operate normally with all the protocol stacks, yes. if you meant something else, then I'm not sure what the question meant. I'm using it now at home on a Red Hat distro with Mozilla tunneled over ssh to the internal network at atheros. > > > ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Security-wise, NT is a server with a "Kick me" sign taped to it. -- Peter Gutmann
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Previous Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: [picoIPO] (news) BBC - UN urges wi-fi for allSounds good. You do the marketing. I'll provide the capital and the corporate structure. We should start with a smallish project, say a network with between 10 and 100 nodes that saturates a city. We'll need to engineer and install the nodes, build a NOC, and hire and train local staff to run the NOC and maintain the nodes. Let me know when you have established contact with Mr. Annan and when and where our 1st meeting will be. Yours truly, Bob Meizlik President Squak Mountain Consulting, Inc. 206-605-5558 bob@xxxxxxxxxxx www.squakmt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Boyle" <tboyle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 12:39 PM Subject: Fwd: [picoIPO] (news) BBC - UN urges wi-fi for all > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3025734.stm > >BBC News, 27 June 2003; UN urges wi-fi for all > > > >Wireless networks could help poorer regions catch up with the pace of > >technology change, says the UN. > > > >But many countries will need help to deploy and make the best use of > >wi-fi, says UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at a technology conference on > >Thursday. > > Seattle Wireless and other communities *have* the answers Kofi Annan is > looking for, and should contact the UN and inquire about contracts, for > money. I'm highly confident that the people who have been so visible, in > SF, Portland and Seattle building these networks for their communities will > be very credible and would be preferred over the usual telecom vendors in > winning such contracts. > > Todd > > Next Message by Date: click to view message previewRe: [picoIPO] (news) BBC - UN urges wi-fi for allThe UN websites include the original story http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=7527&Cr=information&Cr1=technology The ICT is at http://www.unicttaskforce.org/index.asp and its general email address is UN programs are very bureaucratic and process driven. I confess to having very little patience for bullshit. But my 25 years of experience in accounting, provides me with some degree of abilities when the need arises. This program http://www.unicttaskforce.org/about/principal.asp apparently has already sorted out its goals and directions into six WGs. Our baby is the "Low Cost Connectivity Access" WG at http://unicttaskforce.org/groups/members/public.asp?cod_tema_menu=34 There is a document stash and a subscription signup form. ICT's Task Force Vice-Chairman Talal Abu-Ghazaleh was mentioned in the June 26-27 conference in New York. He is a prominent figure. http://www.tagi.com/Chairman.htm and you will have no problem getting a proposal to him. http://www.unicttaskforce.org/wifi/ is the homepage of the WiFi initiative. Let me know if you are serious about this and we can talk about the form and content of our first effort to contact this UN process. Also you will need to inform me how I would be compensated or employed since you are the service provider, performing needed services while I am an intermediary or bureaucrat, Todd Boyle CPA 9745-128th Ave NE, Kirkland WA 98033 425-827-3107 http://www.ledgerism.net At 01:14 PM 6/28/2003, Bob Meizlik wrote: Sounds good. You do the marketing. I'll provide the capital and the corporate structure. We should start with a smallish project, say a network with between 10 and 100 nodes that saturates a city. We'll need to engineer and install the nodes, build a NOC, and hire and train local staff to run the NOC and maintain the nodes. Let me know when you have established contact with Mr. Annan and when and where our 1st meeting will be. Yours truly, Bob Meizlik President Squak Mountain Consulting, Inc. 206-605-5558 bob@xxxxxxxxxxx www.squakmt.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd Boyle" <tboyle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <talk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 12:39 PM Subject: Fwd: [picoIPO] (news) BBC - UN urges wi-fi for all > > >http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3025734.stm > >BBC News, 27 June 2003; UN urges wi-fi for all > > > >Wireless networks could help poorer regions catch up with the pace of > >technology change, says the UN. > > > >But many countries will need help to deploy and make the best use of > >wi-fi, says UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at a technology conference on > >Thursday. > > Seattle Wireless and other communities *have* the answers Kofi Annan is > looking for, and should contact the UN and inquire about contracts, for > money. I'm highly confident that the people who have been so visible, in > SF, Portland and Seattle building these networks for their communities will > be very credible and would be preferred over the usual telecom vendors in > winning such contracts. > > Todd > > Previous Message by Thread: click to view message previewFwd: [picoIPO] (news) BBC - UN urges wi-fi for allhttp://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3025734.stm BBC News, 27 June 2003; UN urges wi-fi for all Wireless networks could help poorer regions catch up with the pace of technology change, says the UN. But many countries will need help to deploy and make the best use of wi-fi, says UN Secretary General Kofi Annan at a technology conference on Thursday. Seattle Wireless and other communities *have* the answers Kofi Annan is looking for, and should contact the UN and inquire about contracts, for money. I'm highly confident that the people who have been so visible, in SF, Portland and Seattle building these networks for their communities will be very credible and would be preferred over the usual telecom vendors in winning such contracts. Todd Next Message by Thread: click to view message previewCalling all hams ( radio that is )I know there are a lot of Ham operators on the list, would you mind emailing me off list. I have a microwave RF idea but it has nothing to do with wireless networking so I don't want to clog up inboxes with off topic discussion. Thanks in advance. -Scott ric0123@xxxxxxxxxxx _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Loading Comments...
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