I heard that IWL 4965 is supported as B/G on OpenSolaris. There's no news on future N support, it's not as much of a priority as B/G. I myself use N with WPA2, and have Atheros hardware with N support, but again, N isn't supported with any card on OpenSolaris, so I have setup a dual mode AP with support for G by having it run n the 2.4GHz spectrum. For my older 802.11B equipment, it won't work in an N environment, the signals clash and association cannot be done. Wireless support varies widely, and the driver teams have priorities on certain cards over others, with Intel at the top, followed by Atheros, then by NDIS, etc. My Atheros card supports A/B/G/N, and has barely partial support in OpenSolaris it's so new. (5400 series) You should see Intel N before Atheros even though Atheros in the market has sold draft-N hardware a little longer. See wireless routers with N for proof, almost all of them use Atheros. Something along the line of Super-G but N features, such as D-Link DI-624 which works best with Atheros clients as they can use the acceleration. Performance with draft-N Belkin cards versus Atheros is not so good, and there's not many other vendors besides Intel in the N game right now. This is probably a good thing though. As for A, it's a different spectrum, as N can be as well, this is even less a priority than A as N mops the floor with A in speed and range, while retaining compatibility when needed.
James On Oct 11, 2007, at 1:48 AM, Jason Thomas wrote: > Hi there, > > Is there any further news on adding wifi support for Intel 4965AGN > chipsets? timelines etc.. > > Much thanks. > > rgds, > J > > > This message posted from opensolaris.org > _______________________________________________ > laptop-discuss mailing list > laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org
