[ale] no 802.11g for Linux?

[Jonathan Rickman]

On Thu, 22 May 2003, Jim Philips wrote:

> This discussion:
>
> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0304.3/1120.html
>
> claims that there won't be any open source drivers for 802.11g wireless cards,
> because they can operate at any frequency and the feds don't want people
> using them to hack into frequencies reserved for them. Does anybody know more
> about this? Is this the straight dope? Or is this person full of it?

No. He's not full of it. There likely will not be an "open source" driver
for some chipsets. However, a binary driver will most likely be provided
once the demand for it peaks.

--
Jonathan Rickman
X Corps Security
http://www.xcorps.net

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