I will coordinate with you on this offline. Thanks, -Geeta
>-----Original Message----- >From: Garrett D'Amore [mailto:garrett at damore.org] >Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2007 11:48 AM >To: Krishna, Geetanjali >Cc: brian.xu; laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org; Jason Thomas >Subject: Re: [laptop-discuss] WIFI 4965AGN > >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 >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> This message posted from opensolaris.org >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>>>>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>>>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> laptop-discuss mailing list >>> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>
