USB Wireless cards

• Belkin F5D6050
  • Prism II based
  • more info
  • OSX drivers
  • Possible Linux drivers
    • General info
    • at76c503a project at Berlios
      • Berlios Project page
• D-Link DWL-122
  • Downloaded Mac drivers dated 10/3/03.
• MacSense Aeropad
• MacWireless wireless USB adapter
• info about a driver that may support various cards with prism chipsets

USB Wireless adaptors that don't advertise OSX support

• Buffalo WLI2-USB2
  • The NdisWrapper wiki says this is a prism54 chipset
• DLink DWL-120
  • about the different versions
  • DWL-120F knowledgebase (requires javascript)
• Linksys
  • Linksys WUSB11
    • Versions 2.5, 2.6, and 2.7 are supposedly Prism chipset
  • WUSB12
    • supposedly a prism chipset
• Netgear MA111
  • supposedly has a prism chipset
• SMC
  • SMC SMCWUSB32
  • SMC SMC2662W
    • Vendor has Linux drivers
  • SMC2664W
    • info from Network Computing
• Syntax USB-400
• TwinMOS B245
  • Likely to work with Linux Zydas 1201 driver.
    • More recent version of the driver
    • info on getting it to work on the 2.4.26 kernel
  • Might work with linux-wlan-ng project
• US Robotics USR1120

Ethernet-802.11 bridges (wireless side is station-mode only

• 3Com 3CWE820A probably just a rebranded Symbol CB-1000
  Only works with 5V PC cards
  supported cards:
  • 3Com 3CRWE737A
  • 3Com 3CRWE73796B
  • Symbol Spectrum24 LA 41x1
• Asus WL-330
  • More info
• D-Link DWL-810+
• Linksys
  • Linksys WET11
  • WGA11B
• Netgear ME101
• SMC
  • SMC2670W
    • Ethernet port is 10MBps Is this a router or a bridge?
  • SMC2870W
    • 54Mbps
• Sparklan WL-299C
• Symbol Spectrum24 CB 1000

Wireless Access Points

• Edimax EW-7206APB
  • More info
  • Runs Linux
• Linksys
  • Linksys WAP11 (old version)
    • doesn't have true AP Client support
  • Linksys WAP11 v2.2 info
  • Linksys WAP11 (new version)
• Minitar MNWAPB / WLS_AP
  • Info about the open-source firmware
• Netgear WG602
• US Robotics USR5450

General info

• The Wireless side should function in "Station Mode" as opposed to "Access Point" mode and (if it's a router) it should be able to get its IP address via DHCP
• info at TomsNetworking
• info from DLink Australia

Routers with Wireless port

• D-Link DWL-1000AP+
  • Supports client mode
• Gigabyte
  • Gigabyte GN-B46B
  • GN-B41G
  • GN-B49G
  • GN-BR404W
• Linksys BEFW11S4
  • info from TomsNetworking
• Linksys WRT54G
  • Sveasoft makes firmware upgrades
  • Linux on the WRT54G
  • download gpl firmware source from Linksys
  • Wifi-Box project
  • A mailing list
• Minitar MN54G4R
• Netgear
  • MR814
    • Included in the WMB521 networking kit
  • CG814M
  • WGT634U
    • 4 100BaseT ethernet ports.
    • apparently, Linux will run on it
• SMC
  • SMC SMC2671W
    • Supports client mode. Does NAT. Only one ethernet port
  • SMC7004VWBR
    • HRI project is working to port Linux to it
• Trendware
  • Trendware TEW-212APBO
    • Advertises "AP Client" support. Designed for outdoor use
  • Trendware TEW-210APB
  • Trendware TEW-310APB
• US Robotics USR8054
  • US Robotics networking hardware owner's forum

Firmware Hacks

• Chupa WL500g forums
  • supposedly has information on firmware hacking
  • covers the WL-100g, WL-300, WL-300g, WL500g
  • vBulletin
• Info on firmware source from Netgear
• Linksysinfo forums
• Sveasoft forums
• Forum for modifying the Minitar AP

useful google search

buyers guide with info

TomsNetworking product guides

buyer's guide includes links to manufacturer's pages and info on AP client support

• SMC