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New Message802.11b wireless adapters (modified 0 times) cliffer
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OK, I am finnally back where I can strat playing with the Audrey again. When I first started I got netgear adapters working for wired network, but have always wanted wireless. Yes I can buy the other adapter and have the hassle of both wired and wireless dongles. But spending an additional $80 for the linksys unit just doesn't appeal to me as the Audrey's cost me less than $50 each. There is also the appearance factor which the other half would not like with "all those wires"....
I have looked on the QNX site for drivers, but they are listed by chipset, not the company that packages the boxes sold at the local superstore. Basically I have found an adapter I can get for about $25 each (http://www.airlinkplus.com/wireless/awll017.htm) but of course the box tells you nothing about the chipset. Has anyone found a small USB adapter and made it work directly? Short of ripping the plastic off the dongle and hoping the chip is marked, is there any way to figure out what chipset you are actually buying?
02-26-2004 09:54:29

New MessageRE:802.11b wireless adapters (modified 0 times) cliffer
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Perhaps I have found something....
The adapter I picked up was actually a WLL013 from AirLink+. Turns out it included drivers for linux. It uses the tulip drivers. So I went to qnx.com and PCI versions of tulip do have drivers....trouble is that it has been so long since I have fooled with Audrey that I am not sure where to begin. Positive suggestions are welcome. BTW the adapter I wound up with is a dongle with a box as opposed to a USB "card". If we can make this work it will still meet an acceptable WAF.

LET'S MAKE THIS WORK!

cliffer

PS are any of the old timers still around?

02-27-2004 18:20:28

New MessageRE:802.11b wireless adapters (modified 0 times) cliffer
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Well, I am starting to feel like I am talking to myself.....

I am begining to see whay this has been such a project. Not only is source for chipsets not the easiest to find, the tulip variants have lots of gotchas. No progress yet, but we will see what happens....
With little if any real documentation on Audrey's internals, me knowing enough about coding to be dangerous, and just trying to figure out the finer details of all of this I should have had another drink and forgotten about it. At this point it loks pretty hopeless, guess I should have know that a lot of people more knowledgeable in this area than me had given up for a reason...oh well, it's fun and I may play around for a bit longer.

cliffer

02-28-2004 13:41:40

New MessageRE:802.11b wireless adapters (modified 0 times) Flipp
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Just so you're not talking to yourself, "Good Luck!" Just because people have tried at something and failed doesn't mean that it's impossible. Also, there are a lot more chipsets out there than when any of us tried anything similar. I've been using Audrey with the netgear usb adapter through a d-link 900+ ap for a while now... it isn't as ugly as it could be and there's no nasty CAT5 to string.
03-02-2004 14:40:27

New MessageRE:802.11b wireless adapters (modified 0 times) chuckn
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Is that the Netgear MA111 USB adapter that has been working for you? Thanks!
03-09-2004 21:12:15

New MessageRE:802.11b wireless adapters (modified 0 times) qwerty
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i just got a d-link dwl-810 ethernet bridge on ebay for 29.00
they are offered periodically from a seller in NJ
hang in there and keep looking
that is how i got mine
wayne
03-10-2004 10:29:24

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