The Wavelan driver saga

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   The Wavelan drivers saga
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   By Jean Tourrilhes 

   The Wavelan is a Radio network adapter designed by
Lucent. Under this generic name is hidden quite a variety of hardware,
and many Linux driver to support it.
   The get the full story on Wireless LANs, please consult :
      http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/

"wavelan" driver (old ISA Wavelan)
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   o Config :   Network device -> Wireless LAN -> AT&T WaveLAN
   o Location :   .../drivers/net/wavelan*
   o in-line doc :   .../drivers/net/wavelan.p.h
   o on-line doc :
       http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html

   This is the driver for the ISA version of the first generation
of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s, composed of a
Intel 82586 controller and a Lucent Modem, and is NOT 802.11 compliant.
   The driver has been tested with the following hardware :
   o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz (full length ISA card) 
   o Wavelan ISA 915 MHz 2.0 (half length ISA card) 
   o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz (full length ISA card, fixed frequency) 
   o Wavelan ISA 2.4 GHz 2.0 (half length ISA card, frequency selectable) 
   o Above cards with the optional DES encryption feature 

"wavelan_cs" driver (old Pcmcia Wavelan)
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   o Config :   Network device -> PCMCIA network ->
            Pcmcia Wireless LAN -> AT&T/Lucent WaveLAN
   o Location :   .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan*
   o in-line doc :   .../drivers/net/pcmcia/wavelan_cs.h
   o on-line doc :
       http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan.html

   This is the driver for the PCMCIA version of the first
generation of the Wavelan, now discontinued. The device is 2 Mb/s,
composed of a Intel 82593 controller (totally different from the 82586)
and a Lucent Modem, and NOT 802.11 compatible.
   The driver has been tested with the following hardware :
   o Wavelan Pcmcia 915 MHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate
               modem/antenna block) 
   o Wavelan Pcmcia 2.4 GHz 2.0 (Pcmcia card + separate
               modem/antenna block) 

"wvlan_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, GPL)
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   o Config :   Not yet in kernel
   o Location :   Pcmcia package 3.1.10+
   o on-line doc :   http://www.fasta.fh-dortmund.de/users/andy/wvlan/

   This is the driver for the current generation of Wavelan IEEE,
which is 802.11 compatible. Depending on version, it is 2 Mb/s or 11
Mb/s, with or without encryption, all implemented in Lucent specific
DSP (the Hermes).
   This is a GPL full source PCMCIA driver (ISA is just a Pcmcia
card with ISA-Pcmcia bridge).

"wavelan2_cs" driver (Wavelan IEEE, binary)
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   o Config :   Not yet in kernel
   o Location :   ftp://sourceforge.org/pcmcia/contrib/

   This driver support exactly the same hardware as the previous
driver, the main difference is that it is based on a binary library
and supported by Lucent.

   I hope it clears the confusion ;-)

   Jean

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-- Stephan Pietzko - 22 Juni 2003