ACX111-Chipset supported by NetworkManager?

Don Springall don_springall at hotmail.com
Thu Feb 16 18:22:05 UTC 2006


>From: Roger Grosswiler <roger at gwch.net>
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>Subject: Re: ACX111-Chipset supported by NetworkManager?
>Date: Thu, 16 Feb 2006 18:57:39 +0100
>
>Am Donnerstag, den 16.02.2006, 18:52 +0100 schrieb Dominik 'Rathann'
>Mierzejewski:
> > On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 09:49:01AM -0700, Don Springall wrote:
> > > >> On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 06:44:39AM -0500, Bob Chiodini wrote:
> > > >>> On Wed, 2006-02-15 at 22:00 +0100, Roger Grosswiler wrote:
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > i use a d-link DWL-G650+ with the ACX111-Chipset. Until now, i 
>used
> > > >>> > ndiswrapper (which is working quite well also with 
>wpa_supplicant)
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > As new NetworkManager supports WPA too, i would give him a try, 
>if it
> > > >>> > would support ACX111.
> > > >>> >
> > > >>> > Somebody found a list of supported chipsets by NetworkManager?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> http://acx100.sourceforge.net/
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Has drivers.  Unfortunately you will need to recompile them as new
> > > >>> kernels are released.  I believe Ubuntu uses them and they work 
>very
> > > >>> well on my Ubuntu laptop and a DWL-650+  (no 'G' in the P/N).
> > > >>
> > > >> I'm planning to submit a package with those to Fedora Extras.
> > > >> I've been building RPMs with these for personal use for some time
> > > >> now.
> > > >>
> > > >1) This is good news, having those in extras soon
> > > >
> > > >2) i would like to now, if those drivers are networkmanager-enabled. 
>As i
> > > >know, ndiswrapper isn't. And as networkmanager supports now wpa i 
>would
> > > >like this :-D
> > > >
> > > Does the acx111 driver work with a 4 K stack  or do you need to 
>re-compile
> > > with a 8 k stack ?
> >
> > NDIS driver didn't work with 4K stack for me, i.e. it crashed.
> > Open-source driver works more or less fine, although transfer
> > rates are lower. I haven't had enough time to get around to debugging
> > this so far.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > --
>  i had no problem using ndiswrapper with the 4k-stack with my d-link
>dwl-g650+
Does that have the Ti chipset ? I thought they we using a broadcom chip for 
that series. I have a linksys wpc54g V2 card which does have the the acx111 
chipset and it needs a 8k stack with their firmware.
Have tries a 4k stack with no luck.





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