D-Link Chipset

[Erik Brakkee]

Hi,

Christophe Chaloin wrote:

> The D-Link DWL-520 11Mbits will be discontinued.
> D-Link told me that a new low cost 11Mbits will replace it (DWL-510 
> not announced yet).
> The chipset will probably be from Broadcom.

And from my own experience I know that Broadcom is not supported (yet).
The manufacturer has not released specs. There is even a petition on the 
internet to persuade
broadcom to release specs.

We definitely need support for the newer chipsets as well. The old 
11Mbps cards are rapidy disappearing from stores. The new 54Mbps cards 
(802.11g) are not that much more expensive than the 11Mbps cards. 
Linksys also used the Prism chipset on their 11Mpbs
cards but is now also using broadcom on their newer cards.

I had to spent quite some time on the internet to find a supported card for
linux and someone who could sell it to me. I finally settled on a 3Com 
Airconnect card. It appears that Sweex could also be used, they also 
have linux drivers on their site. Linux support for current WiFI cards 
is getting thin..

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>     ----- Original Message -----
>     From: Thomas Rulmont <mailto:thomas at nexus-informatique.com>
>     To: hostap at shmoo.com <mailto:hostap at shmoo.com>
>     Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2003 1:26 PM
>     Subject: D-Link Chipset
>
>     Hi,
>      
>     Does anyone know if the D-LINK DWL-520 series are longer using
>     Prism2 chipset ?
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