Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 9 Jun 2005 23:51:28 -0400 | From | Jim Crilly <> | Subject | Re: ipw2100: firmware problem |
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On 06/09/05 09:30:22AM +0300, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > On Thursday 09 June 2005 09:20, David S. Miller wrote: > > From: Denis Vlasenko <vda@ilport.com.ua> > > Date: Thu, 9 Jun 2005 09:17:23 +0300 > > > > > Sadly, realities are such that we have to live somehow > > > with closed-source firmware. > > > > You have a choice, buy products from friendly vendors. > > I am trying! So far, I have Prism2.5, Prism54 > and acx111 cards, and all of them require closed binary fw.
Ralink cards don't require any binary firmware. I got one of the Hawking Tech pcmcia cards off the shelf at a local CompUSA store and the card was a good $20 cheaper than a Linksys card. So far I haven't had any problems with the card or the driver.
A list of Ralink hardware and drivers can be found at http://ralink.rapla.net/
> vda >
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