Darkelve Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 (edited) I thought getting my Linux box up with my current hardware (intel pro/wireless usb device) was a hopeless task. But today I did some more research and came up with the following resources: This page: http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html states the driver to use is a driver for the "Prism2/2.5/3" chipset. This page indicates that MacOSx can run it as well: http://www.binaervarianz.de/projekte/progr...ardwarelist.php indicated the product can work on MacOSx with the "Intersil Prism2 USB" drivers, which means BDS can run it, which must mean Linux can run it as well! After some more googling I found the drivers themselves http://hostap.epitest.fi/ Sure enough, the pages explicitly state 'Intel WUD 2011b', which basically translates to 'Intel (Pro/)Wireless 2011b USB Device'. Must be the same ones, yet I never realized it! :woops: Is this too good to be true? Did I miss the catch (the installation, perhaps)? Going to try it this very evening! I'll be in touch! Darkelve Edited December 11, 2003 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted December 11, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 (edited) Guess it was too soon to cheer: Native PCI cards using Prism2.5/3 are also supported, but USB cards based on Prism2.5/3 chipset are not supported in this version. This wireless networking thingy is too complicated for me... :( Guess I'll go back to my quest for hardware that will work. Edited December 11, 2003 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iphitus Posted December 11, 2003 Report Share Posted December 11, 2003 What about intel pro 2500 or 8200 (im not sure), the ones they use in centrinos, will there be support by Feb next year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darkelve Posted December 12, 2003 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2003 (edited) Actuall I'm not really sure I understand your question (I'm really a total n00b to many software and hardware issues). I suppose you are talking about the same Centrino chipsets they are also pushing for laptops nowadays? You can follow the links I put in my first posts if you are interested. Also, for your convenience, I included the README file found with the driver itself. Darkelve README Edited December 12, 2003 by Darkelve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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