Linux Wireless Networking

By Sreekrishnan Venkateswaran
2005-05-04


Resources
• Read the Linux Wireless Extensions project page.

• Find out more about the linux-wlan project.

• For more on the Linux Orinoco WLAN driver, go to " MPL/GPL drivers for the Wavelan IEEE/Orinoco and others."

• To learn more about the Host AP driver for Intersil WLAN cards, read " Host AP driver for Intersil Prism2/2.5/3."

• This page contains Linux device drivers for Spectrum-based WLAN cards (Socket, Intel Wireless/PRO, and others).

• Linux drivers for Atmel-based USB WLAN devices are described here.

• Read the Linux PCMCIA Programmer's Guide.

• Alan Cox's " Network Buffers", provides good information on Linux networking buffer management (sk_buffs).

• The Bluetooth Web site provides information on Bluetooth specifications.

• You say you prefer to work in Linux? This tutorial teaches you how to configure a wireless network card under Linux ( developerWorks, 2003).

• The Linux BlueZ home page provides the latest information on BlueZ.

• Read Detlef Fliegl's " Programming Guide for Linux USB Device Drivers" (2000).

• The article " Building a wireless access point on Linux", ( developerWorks, 2003) takes a look at what's involved in building a wireless bridge using Linux, including software and hardware considerations.

• Check out Joshua Drake's and Corwin Light Williams's " Linux PPP How-to" (Linux Online! 2000).

• Find out how open source tools are emerging in the article " Open source wireless tools emerge" ( developerWorks, 2003).

• The homepage for gsmlib provides a set of libraries and utilities that work over GSM.

• See this Tips and Tricks article to find out how to manage mobile profiles ( developerWorks, 2002).

• For more on using Infrared communications on Linux, check out Linux IrDa.

Tutorial Pages:
» A Look at WLAN, Bluetooth, GPRS, GSM, and Infrared Data on Linux
» Linux 802.11 WLAN
» Linux Bluetooth
» Linux GPRS and Data over GSM
» Linux Infrared Data
» Performance Issues
» Conclusion
» Resources


First published by IBM DeveloperWorks

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