Martin T wrote:
> 1) Are there Wi-Fi adapters which do not need firmware? I guess there
> are if manufacturer does not use semi-general purpose hardware?
I guess: not anymore. The last ones I saw without firmware were in the
11MBit era of wifi.
All the new ons with 54Mbit and up are actually so
Bob,
thank you for this exhaustive reply!
1) Are there Wi-Fi adapters which do not need firmware? I guess there
are if manufacturer does not use semi-general purpose hardware?
2) Is the RAM built into the Wi-Fi card chipset? If I inspect my
Ralink W-Fi card, which loads the 4096 byte /lib/firmwa
Martin T wrote:
> some Wi-Fi adapters(for example Intel ipw2200 family and many Ralink
> cards) require both firmware and drivers in order to operate properly.
Yes.
> 1) As I understand, firmware is usually a closed-source binary image
> provided by Wi-Fi card manufacturer?
Yes. And because of
Hello,
some Wi-Fi adapters(for example Intel ipw2200 family and many Ralink
cards) require both firmware and drivers in order to operate properly.
1) As I understand, firmware is usually a closed-source binary image
provided by Wi-Fi card manufacturer?
2) What happens with the firmware when card
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