Re: new to powerpc, quetion about wireless
On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 17:19:35 +1000
Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 02, 2009 at 10:10:11PM -0700, Amit Uttamchandani wrote:
> > On Wed, 3 Jun 2009 09:38:17 +1000
> > Alex Samad <alex@samad.com.au> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > I have been using debian for while, but I am looking at buying
> > > one of these
> > >
> > > http://excito.com/bubba/products/technical-specifications.html
> > >
> > > Got the hint from somebody on the debian-user list. The basics of
> > > it are
> > >
> > > 256 MB DDR2
> > > 333 MHz Power PC
> > > 2 x 1000 Mbit/s
> > >
> > >
> > > it also has a mini pci slot which I am hoping to install a minipci
> > > wireless card in.
> > >
> > > My concern and the reason I am asking the list, is am i going to
> > > run into any problem with architecture and mini pci wireless
> > > cards ?
> > >
> > > My thoughts are to run asterisk and firewall, openvpn. Going to
> > > install a SSD to run it off
> >
> > To find out wireless support for linux check out the following site:
> >
> > http://linux-wless.passys.nl/index.php
>
> interesting site, i guess I was after a more general answer along the
> lines of if it works on i386 it should work on powerpc
>
Sometimes it is not as simple as that, as I found out recently. I
posted a question here about using rt2870sta driver for a wireless USB
chipset. The driver exists but it depends specifically on x86.
Amit
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