ACX111-Chipset supported by NetworkManager?

[Roger Grosswiler]

>>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.

Dmesg logs me, that a TI-Chipset is recognized, when ndiswrapper loads its
module. It could be, that there are different version of the same model
around...

Rog