2 # Wireless LAN device configuration
5 menu "Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)"
9 bool "Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio)"
12 Support for wireless LANs and everything having to do with radio,
13 but not with amateur radio or FM broadcasting.
15 Saying Y here also enables the Wireless Extensions (creates
16 /proc/net/wireless and enables iwconfig access). The Wireless
17 Extension is a generic API allowing a driver to expose to the user
18 space configuration and statistics specific to common Wireless LANs.
19 The beauty of it is that a single set of tool can support all the
20 variations of Wireless LANs, regardless of their type (as long as
21 the driver supports Wireless Extension). Another advantage is that
22 these parameters may be changed on the fly without restarting the
23 driver (or Linux). If you wish to use Wireless Extensions with
24 wireless PCMCIA (PC-) cards, you need to say Y here; you can fetch
26 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
28 # Note : the cards are obsolete (can't buy them anymore), but the drivers
29 # are not, as people are still using them...
30 comment "Obsolete Wireless cards support (pre-802.11)"
31 depends on NET_RADIO && (INET || ISA || PCMCIA)
34 tristate "STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP)"
35 depends on NET_RADIO && INET
37 Say Y if you have a Metricom radio and intend to use Starmode Radio
38 IP. STRIP is a radio protocol developed for the MosquitoNet project
39 (on the WWW at <http://mosquitonet.stanford.edu/>) to send Internet
40 traffic using Metricom radios. Metricom radios are small, battery
41 powered, 100kbit/sec packet radio transceivers, about the size and
42 weight of a cellular telephone. (You may also have heard them called
43 "Metricom modems" but we avoid the term "modem" because it misleads
44 many people into thinking that you can plug a Metricom modem into a
45 phone line and use it as a modem.)
47 You can use STRIP on any Linux machine with a serial port, although
48 it is obviously most useful for people with laptop computers. If you
49 think you might get a Metricom radio in the future, there is no harm
50 in saying Y to STRIP now, except that it makes the kernel a bit
53 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
57 tristate "Aironet Arlan 655 & IC2200 DS support"
58 depends on NET_RADIO && ISA && !64BIT
60 Aironet makes Arlan, a class of wireless LAN adapters. These use the
61 www.Telxon.com chip, which is also used on several similar cards.
62 This driver is tested on the 655 and IC2200 series cards. Look at
63 <http://www.ylenurme.ee/~elmer/655/> for the latest information.
65 The driver is built as two modules, arlan and arlan-proc. The latter
66 is the /proc interface and is not needed most of time.
68 On some computers the card ends up in non-valid state after some
69 time. Use a ping-reset script to clear it.
72 tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN & DEC RoamAbout DS ISA support"
73 depends on NET_RADIO && ISA
75 The Lucent WaveLAN (formerly NCR and AT&T; or DEC RoamAbout DS) is
76 a Radio LAN (wireless Ethernet-like Local Area Network) using the
77 radio frequencies 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz.
79 This driver support the ISA version of the WaveLAN card. A separate
80 driver for the PCMCIA (PC-card) hardware is available in David
81 Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
84 If you want to use an ISA WaveLAN card under Linux, say Y and read
85 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
86 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some more specific
87 information is contained in
88 <file:Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt> and in the source code
89 <file:drivers/net/wavelan.p.h>.
91 You will also need the wireless tools package available from
92 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
93 Please read the man pages contained therein.
95 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
99 tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN Pcmcia wireless support"
100 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
102 Say Y here if you intend to attach an AT&T/Lucent Wavelan PCMCIA
103 (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer. This
104 driver is for the non-IEEE-802.11 Wavelan cards.
106 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
107 called wavelan_cs. If unsure, say N.
109 config PCMCIA_NETWAVE
110 tristate "Xircom Netwave AirSurfer Pcmcia wireless support"
111 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
113 Say Y here if you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA (PC-card)
114 wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
116 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
117 called netwave_cs. If unsure, say N.
119 comment "Wireless 802.11 Frequency Hopping cards support"
120 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
123 tristate "Aviator/Raytheon 2.4MHz wireless support"
124 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
126 Say Y here if you intend to attach an Aviator/Raytheon PCMCIA
127 (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
128 Please read the file <file:Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt> for
131 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
132 called ray_cs. If unsure, say N.
134 comment "Wireless 802.11b ISA/PCI cards support"
135 depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI || PPC_PMAC || PCMCIA)
138 tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection"
139 depends on NET_RADIO && PCI && IEEE80211
142 A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network
143 Connection 802.11b wireless network adapter.
145 See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100> for information on
146 the capabilities currently enabled in this driver and for tips
147 for debugging issues and problems.
149 In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
150 You can obtain the firmware from
151 <http://ipw2100.sf.net/>. Once you have the firmware image, you
152 will need to place it in /lib/firmware.
154 You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
157 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
159 If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
160 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
161 say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
162 will be called ipw2100.ko.
164 config IPW2100_MONITOR
165 bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
168 Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2100 driver.
169 With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
170 promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode. While in this
171 mode, no packets can be sent.
174 bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2100 module."
177 This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2100.
179 This will result in the kernel module being ~60k larger. You can
180 control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the
183 /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/debug_level
185 This entry will only exist if this option is enabled.
187 If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2100 driver, you
188 most likely want to say N here.
191 tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection"
192 depends on NET_RADIO && IEEE80211 && PCI
195 A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network
198 See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200> for
199 information on the capabilities currently enabled in this
200 driver and for tips for debugging issues and problems.
202 In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
203 You can obtain the firmware from
204 <http://ipw2200.sf.net/>. See the above referenced README.ipw2200
205 for information on where to install the firmare images.
207 You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
210 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
212 If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
213 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
214 say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
215 will be called ipw2200.ko.
218 bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2200 module."
221 This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2200.
223 This will result in the kernel module being ~100k larger. You can
224 control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the
227 /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level
229 This entry will only exist if this option is enabled.
231 To set a value, simply echo an 8-byte hex value to the same file:
233 % echo 0x00000FFO > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level
235 You can find the list of debug mask values in
236 drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.h
238 If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2200 driver, you
239 most likely want to say N here.
242 tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards"
243 depends on NET_RADIO && ISA_DMA_API && (PCI || BROKEN)
246 This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet ISA and
247 PCI 802.11 wireless cards.
248 It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
249 - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
250 aquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B).
252 This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
253 and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
254 Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
256 The driver can be compiled as a module and will be named "airo".
259 tristate "Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol)"
260 depends on NET_RADIO && (PPC_PMAC || PCI || PCMCIA)
262 A driver for 802.11b wireless cards based based on the "Hermes" or
263 Intersil HFA384x (Prism 2) MAC controller. This includes the vast
264 majority of the PCMCIA 802.11b cards (which are nearly all rebadges)
265 - except for the Cisco/Aironet cards. Cards supported include the
266 Apple Airport (not a PCMCIA card), WavelanIEEE/Orinoco,
267 Cabletron/EnteraSys Roamabout, ELSA AirLancer, MELCO Buffalo, Avaya,
268 IBM High Rate Wireless, Farralon Syyline, Samsung MagicLAN, Netgear
269 MA401, LinkSys WPC-11, D-Link DWL-650, 3Com AirConnect, Intel
270 PRO/Wireless, and Symbol Spectrum24 High Rate amongst others.
272 This option includes the guts of the driver, but in order to
273 actually use a card you will also need to enable support for PCMCIA
274 Hermes cards, PLX9052 based PCI adaptors or the Apple Airport below.
276 You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
277 configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works :
278 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>
281 tristate "Apple Airport support (built-in)"
282 depends on PPC_PMAC && HERMES
284 Say Y here to support the Airport 802.11b wireless Ethernet hardware
285 built into the Macintosh iBook and other recent PowerPC-based
286 Macintosh machines. This is essentially a Lucent Orinoco card with
287 a non-standard interface
290 tristate "Hermes in PLX9052 based PCI adaptor support (Netgear MA301 etc.)"
291 depends on PCI && HERMES
293 Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
294 orinoco) driver when used in PLX9052 based PCI adaptors. These
295 adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
296 PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge. Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
297 802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines. The Netgear
298 MA301 is such an adaptor.
301 tristate "Hermes in TMD7160 based PCI adaptor support"
302 depends on PCI && HERMES
304 Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
305 orinoco) driver when used in TMD7160 based PCI adaptors. These
306 adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
307 PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge. Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
308 802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines.
311 tristate "Nortel emobility PCI adaptor support"
312 depends on PCI && HERMES
314 Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
315 orinoco) driver when used in Nortel emobility PCI adaptors. These
316 adaptors are not full PCMCIA controllers, but act as a more limited
317 PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge.
320 tristate "Prism 2.5 PCI 802.11b adaptor support"
321 depends on PCI && HERMES
323 Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI 802.11b wireless NICs based on
324 the Prism 2.5 chipset. These are true PCI cards, not the 802.11b
325 PCMCIA cards bundled with PCI<->PCMCIA adaptors which are also
326 common. Some of the built-in wireless adaptors in laptops are of
330 tristate "Atmel at76c50x chipset 802.11b support"
335 A driver 802.11b wireless cards based on the Atmel fast-vnet
336 chips. This driver supports standard Linux wireless extensions.
338 Many cards based on this chipset do not have flash memory
339 and need their firmware loaded at start-up. If yours is
340 one of these, you will need to provide a firmware image
341 to be loaded into the card by the driver. The Atmel
342 firmware package can be downloaded from
343 <http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel>
346 tristate "Atmel at76c506 PCI cards"
347 depends on ATMEL && PCI
349 Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI cards containing the
352 # If Pcmcia is compiled in, offer Pcmcia cards...
353 comment "Wireless 802.11b Pcmcia/Cardbus cards support"
354 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
357 tristate "Hermes PCMCIA card support"
358 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && HERMES
360 A driver for "Hermes" chipset based PCMCIA wireless adaptors, such
361 as the Lucent WavelanIEEE/Orinoco cards and their OEM (Cabletron/
362 EnteraSys RoamAbout 802.11, ELSA Airlancer, Melco Buffalo and
363 others). It should also be usable on various Prism II based cards
364 such as the Linksys, D-Link and Farallon Skyline. It should also
365 work on Symbol cards such as the 3Com AirConnect and Ericsson WLAN.
367 To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
368 Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
369 for location). You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
370 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
372 You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
373 configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works:
374 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
376 config PCMCIA_SPECTRUM
377 tristate "Symbol Spectrum24 Trilogy PCMCIA card support"
378 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && HERMES
381 This is a driver for 802.11b cards using RAM-loadable Symbol
382 firmware, such as Symbol Wireless Networker LA4100, CompactFlash
383 cards by Socket Communications and Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B.
385 This driver requires firmware download on startup. Utilities
386 for downloading Symbol firmware are available at
387 <http://sourceforge.net/projects/orinoco/>
390 tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 PCMCIA cards"
391 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && (BROKEN || !M32R)
394 This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet PCMCIA
395 802.11 wireless cards. This driver is the same as the Aironet
396 driver part of the Linux Pcmcia package.
397 It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
398 - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
399 aquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B). It also
400 supports OEM of Cisco such as the DELL TrueMobile 4800 and Xircom
403 This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
404 and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
405 Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
407 To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
408 Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
409 for location). You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
410 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
413 tristate "Atmel at76c502/at76c504 PCMCIA cards"
414 depends on NET_RADIO && ATMEL && PCMCIA
418 Enable support for PCMCIA cards containing the
419 Atmel at76c502 and at76c504 chips.
422 tristate "Planet WL3501 PCMCIA cards"
423 depends on NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL && PCMCIA
425 A driver for WL3501 PCMCIA 802.11 wireless cards made by Planet.
426 It has basic support for Linux wireless extensions and initial
427 micro support for ethtool.
429 comment "Prism GT/Duette 802.11(a/b/g) PCI/Cardbus support"
430 depends on NET_RADIO && PCI
432 tristate 'Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus'
433 depends on PCI && NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL
436 Enable PCI and Cardbus support for the following chipset based cards:
438 ISL3880 - Prism GT 802.11 b/g
439 ISL3877 - Prism Indigo 802.11 a
440 ISL3890 - Prism Duette 802.11 a/b/g
442 For a complete list of supported cards visit <http://prism54.org>.
443 Here is the latest confirmed list of supported cards:
445 3com OfficeConnect 11g Cardbus Card aka 3CRWE154G72 (version 1)
446 Allnet ALL0271 PCI Card
447 Compex WL54G Cardbus Card
448 Corega CG-WLCB54GT Cardbus Card
449 D-Link Air Plus Xtreme G A1 Cardbus Card aka DWL-g650
450 I-O Data WN-G54/CB Cardbus Card
451 Kobishi XG-300 aka Z-Com Cardbus Card
452 Netgear WG511 Cardbus Card
453 Ovislink WL-5400PCI PCI Card
454 Peabird WLG-PCI PCI Card
455 Sitecom WL-100i Cardbus Card
456 Sitecom WL-110i PCI Card
457 SMC2802W - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Card
458 SMC2835W - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
459 SMC2835W-V2 - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
460 Z-Com XG-900 PCI Card
461 Zyxel G-100 Cardbus Card
463 If you enable this you will need a firmware file as well.
464 You will need to copy this to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3890.
465 You can get this non-GPL'd firmware file from the Prism54 project page:
467 You will also need the /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent script from
468 a current hotplug package.
470 Note: You need a motherboard with DMA support to use any of these cards
472 If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
473 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
474 say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
475 will be called prism54.ko.
477 source "drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig"
479 # yes, this works even when no drivers are selected
482 depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI || PPC_PMAC || PCMCIA)