New wireless drivers committed

Stefan Ehmann shoesoft at gmx.net
Wed Apr 20 14:49:38 PDT 2005


On Wed, 2005-04-20 at 21:08 +0200, Damien Bergamini wrote:
> I've recently imported four new wireless drivers into the tree:
> 
> ipw(4)  - driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 adapters (MiniPCI).
> iwi(4)  - driver for Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG/2225BG/2915ABG
>           adapters (PCI or MiniPCI).
> ral(4)  - driver for Ralink RT2500 wireless adapters (PCI or CardBus).
> ural(4) - driver for Ralink RT2500USB wireless USB 2.0 adapters.
> 
> ipw(4) and iwi(4) both require firmwares to operate.
> These firmwares can't be redistributed with the base system due to
> license restrictions.  See firmware licensing terms here:
> http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=4
> Ports which include the firmware images as well as the firmware loader
> are being worked on.

My 2200BG just works fine here with WEP (as before).

Thanks.



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