Mon, 07 Dec 2009
/xHW/wirelessCards:
3G Wireless Card for Linux in China
The Huawei GSM/3G E220[1] wireless USB dongle should be a good bet
for those of us living in China, as the manufacturer[2] is local. Looks
like this guy[3] is using it successfully....
This Beijing LUG post[4] reports a card called "3g evdo 天翼 x6" (中国电信天翼x6高速笔记本 3G EVDO 无线上网卡, lsusb: Bus 002 Device 003: ID 19d2:fffe) as working out of the box on a recent kernel, just requiring a China Telecom SIM card.
Another Beijing LUG post reports a "CECT MF633 Little Pigeon WCDMA
China Unicom" card as working.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei_E220
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huawei
[3] http://flosslinuxblog.blogspot.com/2009/09/wifi-gsm-and-bluetooth.html
[4] http://www.beijinglug.org/en/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=136&func=view&catid=3&id=5734#6030
posted at: 04:41 | path: /xHW/wirelessCards | permanent link to this entry
Wed, 29 Oct 2008
/xHW/wirelessCards:
Linux-Compatible Wireless Cards
The cards are identified with the output of the "lspcmcia -v"
command, with further comments below.
Socket 0 Device 0: [orinoco_cs] (bus ID: 0.0)
Configuration: state: on
Product Name: Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE Version 01.01
Identification: manf_id: 0x0156 card_id: 0x0002
function: 6 (network)
prod_id(1): "Lucent Technologies" (0x23eb9949)
prod_id(2): "WaveLAN/IEEE" (0xc562e72a)
prod_id(3): "Version 01.01" (0xd27deb1a)
This Lucent card is one of the famous "Orinoco Gold" cards, though
there seems to be so many versions that I am quite unsure what that
"Orinoco Gold" label really means. I have so far been unable to find a
power rating for this card. It uses the orinoco_cs driver.
Socket 0 Device 0: [atmel_cs] (bus ID: 0.0)
Configuration: state: on
Product Name: Belkin 11Mbps-Wireless-Notebook-Network-Adapter
Identification: manf_id: 0x01bf card_id: 0x3302
function: 6 (network)
prod_id(1): "Belkin" (0x3805a391)
prod_id(2): "11Mbps-Wireless-Notebook-Network-Adapter" (0x04d6f391)
This Belkin F5D6020 Ver.2 card is a bit of an odd ball, requiring
firmware. (Note that the Ver.1 card is a completely different
Prism-based card that uses the orinoco driver.) Debian users must
install the atmel-firmware package to get it working. Good card, but not
particularly powerful.
Socket 0 Device 0: [orinoco_cs] (bus ID: 0.0)
Configuration: state: on
Product Name: INTERSIL HFA384x/IEEE Version 01.02
Identification: manf_id: 0x0156 card_id: 0x0002
function: 6 (network)
prod_id(1): "INTERSIL" (0x74c5e40d)
prod_id(2): "HFA384x/IEEE" (0xdb472a18)
prod_id(3): "Version 01.02" (0x4b74baa0)
This nondescript card *does not* seem to work properly, and I do not
think it is a Linux problem, though I am not absolutely sure. It will
roam alright, but causes an error if you try to send it a WEP password.
So it is useless on a WEP-protected network.
Socket 0 Device 0: [orinoco_cs] (bus ID: 0.0)
Configuration: state: on
Product Name: NTT-ME 11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card
Identification: manf_id: 0x0156 card_id: 0x0002
function: 6 (network)
prod_id(1): "NTT-ME" (0xcf5acb06)
prod_id(2): "11Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card" (0xd74e4c54)
prod_id(3): " " (0x3b6e20c8)
This is another nondescript card, but it works fine and is definitely
a high-power card. It will work with the orinoco_cs driver, but if you
blacklist orinoco_cs the hostap_cs driver will load instead. Under
hostap, if you set the card mode to "Master", you have yourself a
home-made wireless access point. (Just make sure the rest of your
network setup is correct to support this[1], ie. static IP, routing to
the internet, DHCP if desired....)
[1] http://blog.langex.net/index.cgi/Admin/LAN/build-your-own-router.html
posted at: 06:11 | path: /xHW/wirelessCards | permanent link to this entry
