On Mon, 24 Jul 2006, Ebrahim Mayat wrote:
Since it is not possible to have YDL drivers for the AirPort Extreme card in Powerbooks, the <http://www.terrasoftsolutions.com/support/solutions/ydl_4.1/usb-802.11b-key.shtml> suggests using the D-Link DWL-122 (prism3 chipset) adapter for enabling WiFi. The DWL-122 is however currently discontinued by D-Link. D-Link suggest the DWL-G122 as a replacement product for the DWL-122. Questions is does the driver for the DWL-122 work for the DWL-G122? or alternatively, is there another USB WiFi adapter with associated YDL driver that I could use with my PB 12"?
According to http://bcm43xx.berlios.de/ there is a driver for the airport extreme cards included in linux kernel, starting with 2.6.17-rc2. There is a thread on the Gentoo forums about it: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-409194.html
I've never tried it, as my G3 ibook has a non-extreme airport card. It does seem to require compiling the kernel, which may seem daunting to a newbie. But it really isn't that scary, and you'll sound really cool when you tell people you compiled your own kernel. Anyway, it's something to consider.
Hope that helps, Jason _______________________________________________ yellowdog-newbie mailing list [email protected] http://lists.terrasoftsolutions.com/mailman/listinfo/yellowdog-newbie
