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Originally made by Harris Semiconductor, and later spun-off as
Intersil [1], the PRISM and now the PRISM II chipsets form the core of
many 802.11b [2] cards, including:
* Compaq WL-100
* Compaq WL-200 [3]
* D-Link DWL-650 [4]
* Linksys WPC-11
They are particularly useful for Linux/BSD people because the full
specifications of the chipset are available, and consequently, these
cards tend to have the best drivers.
The OpenAP [5] access point software, together with a PRISM-II [6]
card, allows a Linux box to act as an AccessPoint [7] via the card's
HostApMode [8].
See the HOWTO entry [9] and the Linux driver [10] page.
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Intersil
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?802.11b
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?WL200
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?DWL-650
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OpenAP
[6] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?PRISM-II
[7] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?AccessPoint
[8] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?HostApMode
[9]
http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.html#Prism2
[10] http://people.ssh.com/jkm/Prism2/
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