Re: RT2500USB Wireless LAN driver for Linux
On 5/21/05, Jérémy Bobbio <jeremy.bobbio@etu.upmc.fr> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I am glad to announce the release of ural-linux 0.8, a driver for
> wireless LAN devices based on the RT2500 USB chipset [1] from Ralink
> Technologies.
>
> http://etudiants.insia.org/~jbobbio/ural-linux/
>
> This driver is a port of Damien Bergamini's *BSD driver [2]. It depends
> on a device-independent implementation of the 802.11 protocols that
> originated in the BSD community and was ported to Linux for the MADWIFI
> driver [3].
>
> My primary motivation for this port was being able to use wireless
> connections on my PowerBook 12" with an Asus WL-167g under Debian.
> The driver is currently stable enough for daily use on unencrypted
> channels.
>
This is a very good news for me. Thanks.
I have just tested it on my iBook G4 1.2Ghz, it works well for my
D-link DWL-G122 (version b1).
Not test WEP yet. A question: what about WPA ?
Regards,
Bin
> As this is my first real work inside the Linux kernel, there sure is
> room for improvements, and I'll gladly welcome patches and comments.
>
> Please note that monitor mode is currently broken, and that fiddling
> with iwconfig sometime leads to freezes or kernel panics.
>
> Cheers,
> Jérémy.
>
> [1] http://www.ralinktech.com/prod-4.htm
> [2] http://damien.bergamini.free.fr/ral/
> [3] http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/
>
>
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