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# Wireless LAN device configuration
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menu "Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)"
depends on NETDEVICES
config NET_RADIO
bool "Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions"
---help---
Support for wireless LANs and everything having to do with radio,
but not with amateur radio or FM broadcasting.
Saying Y here also enables the Wireless Extensions (creates
/proc/net/wireless and enables iwconfig access). The Wireless
Extension is a generic API allowing a driver to expose to the user
space configuration and statistics specific to common Wireless LANs.
The beauty of it is that a single set of tool can support all the
variations of Wireless LANs, regardless of their type (as long as
the driver supports Wireless Extension). Another advantage is that
these parameters may be changed on the fly without restarting the
driver (or Linux). If you wish to use Wireless Extensions with
wireless PCMCIA (PC-) cards, you need to say Y here; you can fetch
the tools from
<http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
Some user-level drivers for scarab devices which don't require
special kernel support are available from
<ftp://shadow.cabi.net/pub/Linux/>.
# Note : the cards are obsolete (can't buy them anymore), but the drivers
# are not, as people are still using them...
comment "Obsolete Wireless cards support (pre-802.11)"
depends on NET_RADIO && (INET || ISA || PCMCIA)
config STRIP
tristate "STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP)"
depends on NET_RADIO && INET
---help---
Say Y if you have a Metricom radio and intend to use Starmode Radio
IP. STRIP is a radio protocol developed for the MosquitoNet project
(on the WWW at <http://mosquitonet.stanford.edu/>) to send Internet
traffic using Metricom radios. Metricom radios are small, battery
powered, 100kbit/sec packet radio transceivers, about the size and
weight of a cellular telephone. (You may also have heard them called
"Metricom modems" but we avoid the term "modem" because it misleads
many people into thinking that you can plug a Metricom modem into a
phone line and use it as a modem.)
You can use STRIP on any Linux machine with a serial port, although
it is obviously most useful for people with laptop computers. If you
think you might get a Metricom radio in the future, there is no harm
in saying Y to STRIP now, except that it makes the kernel a bit
bigger.
To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
called strip.
config ARLAN
tristate "Aironet Arlan 655 & IC2200 DS support"
depends on NET_RADIO && ISA
---help---
Aironet makes Arlan, a class of wireless LAN adapters. These use the
www.Telxon.com chip, which is also used on several similar cards.
This driver is tested on the 655 and IC2200 series cards. Look at
<http://www.ylenurme.ee/~elmer/655/> for the latest information.
The driver is built as two modules, arlan and arlan-proc. The latter
is the /proc interface and is not needed most of time.
On some computers the card ends up in non-valid state after some
time. Use a ping-reset script to clear it.
config WAVELAN
tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN & DEC RoamAbout DS ISA support"
depends on NET_RADIO && ISA
---help---
The Lucent WaveLAN (formerly NCR and AT&T; or DEC RoamAbout DS) is
a Radio LAN (wireless Ethernet-like Local Area Network) using the
radio frequencies 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz.
This driver support the ISA version of the WaveLAN card. A separate
driver for the PCMCIA (PC-card) hardware is available in David
Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
for location).
If you want to use an ISA WaveLAN card under Linux, say Y and read
the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
<http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some more specific
information is contained in
<file:Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt> and in the source code
<file:drivers/net/wavelan.p.h>.
You will also need the wireless tools package available from
<http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
Please read the man pages contained therein.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
called wavelan.
config PCMCIA_WAVELAN
tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN Pcmcia wireless support"
depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
help
Say Y here if you intend to attach an AT&T/Lucent Wavelan PCMCIA
(PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer. This
driver is for the non-IEEE-802.11 Wavelan cards.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
called wavelan_cs. If unsure, say N.
config PCMCIA_NETWAVE
tristate "Xircom Netwave AirSurfer Pcmcia wireless support"
depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
help
Say Y here if you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA (PC-card)
wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
called netwave_cs. If unsure, say N.
comment "Wireless 802.11 Frequency Hopping cards support"
depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
config PCMCIA_RAYCS
tristate "Aviator/Raytheon 2.4MHz wireless support"
depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
---help---
Say Y here if you intend to attach an Aviator/Raytheon PCMCIA
(PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
Please read the file <file:Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt> for
details.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
called ray_cs. If unsure, say N.
comment "Wireless 802.11b ISA/PCI cards support"
depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI || PPC_PMAC || PCMCIA)
config AIRO
tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards"
depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI)
---help---
This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet ISA and
PCI 802.11 wireless cards.
It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
- with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
aquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B).
This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
The driver can be compiled as a module and will be named "airo".
config HERMES
tristate "Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol)"
depends on NET_RADIO && (PPC_PMAC || PCI || PCMCIA)
---help---
A driver for 802.11b wireless cards based based on the "Hermes" or
Intersil HFA384x (Prism 2) MAC controller. This includes the vast
majority of the PCMCIA 802.11b cards (which are nearly all rebadges)
- except for the Cisco/Aironet cards. Cards supported include the
Apple Airport (not a PCMCIA card), WavelanIEEE/Orinoco,
Cabletron/EnteraSys Roamabout, ELSA AirLancer, MELCO Buffalo, Avaya,
IBM High Rate Wireless, Farralon Syyline, Samsung MagicLAN, Netgear
MA401, LinkSys WPC-11, D-Link DWL-650, 3Com AirConnect, Intel
PRO/Wireless, and Symbol Spectrum24 High Rate amongst others.
This option includes the guts of the driver, but in order to
actually use a card you will also need to enable support for PCMCIA
Hermes cards, PLX9052 based PCI adaptors or the Apple Airport below.
You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works :
<http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>
config APPLE_AIRPORT
tristate "Apple Airport support (built-in)"
depends on PPC_PMAC && HERMES
help
Say Y here to support the Airport 802.11b wireless Ethernet hardware
built into the Macintosh iBook and other recent PowerPC-based
Macintosh machines. This is essentially a Lucent Orinoco card with
a non-standard interface
config PLX_HERMES
tristate "Hermes in PLX9052 based PCI adaptor support (Netgear MA301 etc.) (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on PCI && HERMES && EXPERIMENTAL
help
Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
orinoco) driver when used in PLX9052 based PCI adaptors. These
adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge. Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines. The Netgear
MA301 is such an adaptor.
Support for these adaptors is so far still incomplete and buggy.
You have been warned.
config TMD_HERMES
tristate "Hermes in TMD7160 based PCI adaptor support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on PCI && HERMES && EXPERIMENTAL
help
Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
orinoco) driver when used in TMD7160 based PCI adaptors. These
adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge. Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines.
Support for these adaptors is so far still incomplete and buggy.
You have been warned.
config PCI_HERMES
tristate "Prism 2.5 PCI 802.11b adaptor support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
depends on PCI && HERMES && EXPERIMENTAL
help
Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI 802.11b wireless NICs based on
the Prism 2.5 chipset. These are true PCI cards, not the 802.11b
PCMCIA cards bundled with PCI<->PCMCIA adaptors which are also
common. Some of the built-in wireless adaptors in laptops are of
this variety.
# If Pcmcia is compiled in, offer Pcmcia cards...
comment "Wireless 802.11b Pcmcia/Cardbus cards support"
depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
config PCMCIA_HERMES
tristate "Hermes PCMCIA card support"
depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && HERMES
---help---
A driver for "Hermes" chipset based PCMCIA wireless adaptors, such
as the Lucent WavelanIEEE/Orinoco cards and their OEM (Cabletron/
EnteraSys RoamAbout 802.11, ELSA Airlancer, Melco Buffalo and
others). It should also be usable on various Prism II based cards
such as the Linksys, D-Link and Farallon Skyline. It should also
work on Symbol cards such as the 3Com AirConnect and Ericsson WLAN.
To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
for location). You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works:
<http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
config AIRO_CS
tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 PCMCIA cards"
depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
---help---
This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet PCMCIA
802.11 wireless cards. This driver is the same as the Aironet
driver part of the Linux Pcmcia package.
It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
- with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
aquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B). It also
supports OEM of Cisco such as the DELL TrueMobile 4800 and Xircom
802.11b cards.
This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
for location). You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
config PCMCIA_ATMEL
tristate "Atmel at76c502/at76c504 PCMCIA cards"
depends on NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL && PCMCIA
enable FW_LOADER
enable CRC32
---help---
A driver for PCMCIA 802.11 wireless cards based on the
Atmel fast-vnet chips. This driver supports standard
Linux wireless extensions.
Many cards based on this chipset do not have flash memory
and need their firmware loaded at start-up. If yours is
one of these, you will need to provide a firmware image
to be loaded into the card by the driver. The Atmel
firmware package can be downloaded from
http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel/atmel_firmware.tar.gz
config PCMCIA_WL3501
tristate "Planet WL3501 PCMCIA cards"
depends on NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL && PCMCIA
---help---
A driver for WL3501 PCMCIA 802.11 wireless cards made by Planet.
It has basic support for Linux wireless extensions and initial
micro support for ethtool.
# yes, this works even when no drivers are selected
config NET_WIRELESS
bool
depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI || PPC_PMAC || PCMCIA)
default y
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