Krishna, Geetanjali wrote:
> That would be great! What geographical area are you located in? We can
> investigate getting you a 4965 card.
>
I'm in southern California.
-- Garrett
> -Geeta
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: laptop-discuss-bounces at opensolaris.org [mailto:laptop-discuss-
>> bounces at opensolaris.org] On Behalf Of Garrett D'Amore
>> Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 8:26 AM
>> To: brian.xu
>> Cc: laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org; Jason Thomas
>> Subject: Re: [laptop-discuss] WIFI 4965AGN
>>
>> I have 802.11a in my home, so I can test that if you like. I need a
>> 4965 card though. My laptop is a Toshiba Tecra M9, and it has a 3945
>>
> in
>
>> it right now, but that slot can also accommodate the 4965.
>>
>> -- Garrett
>>
>> brian.xu wrote:
>>
>>> I am the author of the 4965 driver, the following is the heads-up I
>>>
> can
>
>>> give now:
>>>
>>> The Phase-I prototype of the 4965 driver is ready and the only thing
>>> need to do before the driver can be posted on opensolaris is the
>>>
> legal
>
>>> review. Now we are in the process of legal review, so I think the
>>>
> driver
>
>>> will be available soon.
>>>
>>> For the phase-I prototype, only B/G is supported. For N, it was
>>>
> planed
>
>>> to be supported in phase-II. For A, I think it should be supported in
>>> phase-I. Since I have no 802.11a AP, so I am not sure whether A is
>>> supported in phase-I. Even A didn't work, I think not so much effort
>>>
> is
>
>>> needed to make A work.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Brian
>>> James Cornell wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> 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
>>>>>
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