Re: approaching vendors with a consolidation of effort
"Roy" <[email protected]> Mon, 2 Feb 2004 04:55:17 +0200
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.drivers.wireless.access-point |
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| Message-ID | <00a601c3e937$fd6629f0$030aa8c0@t> |
> > > Since the SOHO hacked AP for $30-50 is just too good of a > deal... what > > if [I know I'm a dreamer] > > That is truly the biggest problem... one cannot produce an x86 based AP in > that price range... they come in around $100 for the unit at best. a RISC > based AP is much cheaper to produce, and puts it into that $50 sweet spot on > price. > We dont need x86 based AP linux supports almost all major cpu types. The most widdely used ones even support linux officialy and since nothing more than wlan card is on the board all we need is to get info from cpu manufacturer to hack ap. they are all done by the same referense shematic, but how to trick some cpu makers to give that info? Maibe someone have friend working somewhere who can leak it? like Nvidia beta drivers leaks after 2 days when are released.