ADMtek ADM8211

David Young <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jan 2003 19:53:52 -0600

Newsgroups	gmane.network.wireless.bsd.general
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If nobody is already writing a BSD driver for the ADMtek ADM8211, I am
going to start programming one this weekend. A little bit about the
ADM8211:

 * it is the low-cost MAC/BBP that is showing up in new products by
   D-Link and Linksys
 * it has a bus-mastering CardBus/PCI/MiniPCI interface
 * a driver for the ADM8211 takes responsibility for more 802.11
   MAC functions than a driver for Lucent/Prism/Aironet MACs; the driver
   will be more nearly like awi(4) or an ethernet driver than wi(4)
   or an(4)
 * it seems likely that a fast, host-based access point is possible
   with this chip

Dave

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