Re: question : 802.11b WLAN stack in linux

[Alejandro Bonilla <abonilla@linuxwireless.org>]

Tomko wrote:

> Thx for your reply.
>
> Actually i want to use wireless LAN in my embedded linux, i would like 
> to use Philip BGW200 WLAN chip as the wireless module. Except the 
> adapter for this module , do i need to download and plug-in WLAN stack 
> to the kernel or i can just choose to support wlan simply in the 
> menuconfig ?

As always, if the adapter is supported in the kernel, just select the 
menuconfig support and compile the source. If it's not in the kernel, 
then google and you might find a driver for it.

Simply google for "BGW200 Linux" or if you have a distro do like "BGW200 
debian"

PS: I don't think this is the place to talk about this.

I hope that helps.

.Alejandro

>
> Hope somebody can give me a hand.
>
> Regards,
> TOM
>
> Alejandro Bonilla wrote:
>
>>> Hi all
>>>
>>> Do linux support WLAN stack ? i find in menuconfig but seems
>>> no there.
>>> Do anyone know if there any stack and driver adapter of
>>> wireless in linux ?
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Of course there are. If you are only talking about a stack, I believe 
>> that
>> people are working on the ieee80211 stack specifically and if you are
>> talking about supported adapters, just go to Network Devices and 
>> Wireless
>> and you should see several drivers there to load into the kernel.
>>
>> I really don't understand your question, So I'm assuming that you 
>> want to
>> know if Linux has support for wireless cards.
>>
>> Google can help you further.
>>
>> .Alejandro
>>
>>  
>>
>>> Regards,
>>> TOM
>>>   
>>