os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com ?????????????? ????? #6736

???: "Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> ?? ????
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??: Re: [OS2Wireless] Firmware for USB wireless sticks
??: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 12:13:07 -0400
??: OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

Hi, Will...

On 03/26/10 11:57 am, Will Honea thus wrote :
My turn to ask questions ;-)

I'm trying to fix up a notebook for my brother and his built in wireless went
titsup.  I found a couple of USB units in ye old junque box to use in place of
the on-board one and both work under Windows (after some searching for
drivers).  One is a Belkin F5D7050 which uses the Prism V1 driver, the other is
a US Robotics USR805422, chipset unknown.  I'm trying to set him up under Linux
as the Vista that came with his HP laptop flat out refuses to restore but I
really need to get wireless working.

Long and short of it is that openSUSE recognizes the Belkin piece but wants the
firmware file - which I can't find readily.  Ndiswrapper has me confused (I
know more than I understand!).  That looks like my best shot.

The USRobotics unit is even more of an enigma.  Linux recognizes that a device
is plugged in but doesn't get anything more than the device ID and string -
nothing else.  That one may be a lost cause.

Given that I have the WIn .sys drivers for both devices, how do I get them
going?  Since I can't find the exact firmware file for the Belkin Prism unit,
do I just install the win driver with ndiswrapper?  How?

Same questions for the USR piece.

  
My main involvement with Linux is on the server side, and not the workstation or notebook side, so I rarely have to deal with wireless issues. And, as this is an OS/2 list, it's probably not the best place to seek advice in this regard, either... :-)

That said, I have a couple links for you, which may help shed some light on this:

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/
http://wireless.kernel.org/

Just an aside: eCS 2.0 RC4 actually recognizes and use BOTH of these devices
right out of the box.  How's that for an obsolete OS?

  
Hold on...

Are you saying that you can connect a USB Wi-Fi device to eCS 2.0 RC4, and it comes up, binds, and passes traffic?

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Lewis
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