question : 802.11b WLAN stack in linux

question : 802.11b WLAN stack in linux

[Tomko]

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 ?


Regards,
TOM

RE: question : 802.11b WLAN stack in linux

[Alejandro Bonilla]

>
> 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

Re: question : 802.11b WLAN stack in linux

[Tomko]

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 ?

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
>>    
>>
>
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Re: question : 802.11b WLAN stack in linux

[Alejandro Bonilla]

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
>>>   
>>