Re: uCLinux on Samsung S3C4510B (ARM7TDMI) based wireless router

From: John Tetreault (blkthorn30_at_nospam@verizon.net)
Date: 07/13/03 

Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 19:36:51 GMT

> It's what I know on Linux based wireless router:
> You should consider there's only "two" wireless drivers support wireless
AP,
> (Well, there's one more on http://hunz.org/hermesap.html to support
Orinoco)
> but wlan-ng had already droped it for a while...only hostap still. Hostap
is
> kind of software AP, could eat a lot cpu power(maybe it's not that bad
> but...) and only support prism2/2.5/3?? It means only 802.11b base will
> support.
> If those wireless chip companies don't release their AP firmware, It's
hard
> to get support on A/G or ATMEL chip( alot new cards base on their chip).
> That's why the "Host"AP way or licence with them to get the firmware AP
way.
> For a new project that's you have to think about.

Right... The PCMCIA wireless card in this router is in fact a Prism 2, so I
know if I can only get Linux into the router firmware, I can use the HostAP
driver...

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