[OpenIndiana-discuss] USB wireless network...

[Ned Lewis]

Thanks very much to both of you!  The WuSB54G s readily available and not
very expensive... I had looked at the AE1000 too...

I'm glad we have this listserve!!

Best regards,

Ned



On Sat, Sep 24, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Jake Young <jak3kaj at gmail.com> wrote:

> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I've got OI 151 installed on a laptop, but no NIC or wireless drivers.
> > >
> > > I want to purchase a USB wireless... and saw a mention of linksys
> > > wusbf54g,
> > > but that device is pretty obsolete at this point.
> > >
> > > Anyone have a recommendation for a more current model that will have a
> > > driver?
> >
> > I have a LinkSys WUSB54GC that works out of the box on a new installation
> > of oi-151.
> >
> > It's not exactly recent, but I think any of the Linksys AExxxx should
> work.
> >
> > I haven't had any luck with a Linksys AE1000.  There is no driver built
> into oi-151a for it.
>
> I've tried the "run" driver which seems to be pretty close to working.
>
> See http://homepage2.nifty.com/mrym3/taiyodo/eng/
>
> I recompiled version 0.8.5 and installed it.
>
> Added my driver alias:
> update_drv -a -i '"usb13b1,2f"' run
>
> ... but the microcode fails to load when I plug in the usb stick.
>
> I have been meaning to contact the driver author Masa, to see if we can
> figure it out, but I've been too busy.
>
> Jake
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