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
143 A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network
144 Connection 802.11b wireless network adapter.
146 See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100> for information on
147 the capabilities currently enabled in this driver and for tips
148 for debugging issues and problems.
150 In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
151 You can obtain the firmware from
152 <http://ipw2100.sf.net/>. Once you have the firmware image, you
153 will need to place it in /lib/firmware.
155 You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
158 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
160 If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
161 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
162 say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
163 will be called ipw2100.ko.
165 config IPW2100_MONITOR
166 bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
169 Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2100 driver.
170 With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
171 promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode. While in this
172 mode, no packets can be sent.
175 bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2100 module."
178 This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2100.
180 This will result in the kernel module being ~60k larger. You can
181 control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the
184 /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/debug_level
186 This entry will only exist if this option is enabled.
188 If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2100 driver, you
189 most likely want to say N here.
192 tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection"
193 depends on NET_RADIO && PCI
197 A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network
200 See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200> for
201 information on the capabilities currently enabled in this
202 driver and for tips for debugging issues and problems.
204 In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
205 You can obtain the firmware from
206 <http://ipw2200.sf.net/>. See the above referenced README.ipw2200
207 for information on where to install the firmare images.
209 You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
212 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
214 If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
215 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
216 say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
217 will be called ipw2200.ko.
220 bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2200 module."
223 This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2200.
225 This will result in the kernel module being ~100k larger. You can
226 control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the
229 /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level
231 This entry will only exist if this option is enabled.
233 To set a value, simply echo an 8-byte hex value to the same file:
235 % echo 0x00000FFO > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level
237 You can find the list of debug mask values in
238 drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.h
240 If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2200 driver, you
241 most likely want to say N here.
244 tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards"
245 depends on NET_RADIO && ISA_DMA_API && (PCI || BROKEN)
248 This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet ISA and
249 PCI 802.11 wireless cards.
250 It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
251 - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
252 aquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B).
254 This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
255 and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
256 Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
258 The driver can be compiled as a module and will be named "airo".
261 tristate "Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol)"
262 depends on NET_RADIO && (PPC_PMAC || PCI || PCMCIA)
264 A driver for 802.11b wireless cards based based on the "Hermes" or
265 Intersil HFA384x (Prism 2) MAC controller. This includes the vast
266 majority of the PCMCIA 802.11b cards (which are nearly all rebadges)
267 - except for the Cisco/Aironet cards. Cards supported include the
268 Apple Airport (not a PCMCIA card), WavelanIEEE/Orinoco,
269 Cabletron/EnteraSys Roamabout, ELSA AirLancer, MELCO Buffalo, Avaya,
270 IBM High Rate Wireless, Farralon Syyline, Samsung MagicLAN, Netgear
271 MA401, LinkSys WPC-11, D-Link DWL-650, 3Com AirConnect, Intel
272 PRO/Wireless, and Symbol Spectrum24 High Rate amongst others.
274 This option includes the guts of the driver, but in order to
275 actually use a card you will also need to enable support for PCMCIA
276 Hermes cards, PLX9052 based PCI adaptors or the Apple Airport below.
278 You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
279 configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works :
280 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>
283 tristate "Apple Airport support (built-in)"
284 depends on PPC_PMAC && HERMES
286 Say Y here to support the Airport 802.11b wireless Ethernet hardware
287 built into the Macintosh iBook and other recent PowerPC-based
288 Macintosh machines. This is essentially a Lucent Orinoco card with
289 a non-standard interface
292 tristate "Hermes in PLX9052 based PCI adaptor support (Netgear MA301 etc.)"
293 depends on PCI && HERMES
295 Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
296 orinoco) driver when used in PLX9052 based PCI adaptors. These
297 adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
298 PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge. Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
299 802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines. The Netgear
300 MA301 is such an adaptor.
303 tristate "Hermes in TMD7160 based PCI adaptor support"
304 depends on PCI && HERMES
306 Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
307 orinoco) driver when used in TMD7160 based PCI adaptors. These
308 adaptors are not a full PCMCIA controller but act as a more limited
309 PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge. Several vendors sell such adaptors so that
310 802.11b PCMCIA cards can be used in desktop machines.
313 tristate "Nortel emobility PCI adaptor support"
314 depends on PCI && HERMES
316 Enable support for PCMCIA cards supported by the "Hermes" (aka
317 orinoco) driver when used in Nortel emobility PCI adaptors. These
318 adaptors are not full PCMCIA controllers, but act as a more limited
319 PCI <-> PCMCIA bridge.
322 tristate "Prism 2.5 PCI 802.11b adaptor support"
323 depends on PCI && HERMES
325 Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI 802.11b wireless NICs based on
326 the Prism 2.5 chipset. These are true PCI cards, not the 802.11b
327 PCMCIA cards bundled with PCI<->PCMCIA adaptors which are also
328 common. Some of the built-in wireless adaptors in laptops are of
332 tristate "Atmel at76c50x chipset 802.11b support"
337 A driver 802.11b wireless cards based on the Atmel fast-vnet
338 chips. This driver supports standard Linux wireless extensions.
340 Many cards based on this chipset do not have flash memory
341 and need their firmware loaded at start-up. If yours is
342 one of these, you will need to provide a firmware image
343 to be loaded into the card by the driver. The Atmel
344 firmware package can be downloaded from
345 <http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel>
348 tristate "Atmel at76c506 PCI cards"
349 depends on ATMEL && PCI
351 Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI cards containing the
354 # If Pcmcia is compiled in, offer Pcmcia cards...
355 comment "Wireless 802.11b Pcmcia/Cardbus cards support"
356 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
359 tristate "Hermes PCMCIA card support"
360 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && HERMES
362 A driver for "Hermes" chipset based PCMCIA wireless adaptors, such
363 as the Lucent WavelanIEEE/Orinoco cards and their OEM (Cabletron/
364 EnteraSys RoamAbout 802.11, ELSA Airlancer, Melco Buffalo and
365 others). It should also be usable on various Prism II based cards
366 such as the Linksys, D-Link and Farallon Skyline. It should also
367 work on Symbol cards such as the 3Com AirConnect and Ericsson WLAN.
369 To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
370 Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
371 for location). You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
372 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
374 You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
375 configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works:
376 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
378 config PCMCIA_SPECTRUM
379 tristate "Symbol Spectrum24 Trilogy PCMCIA card support"
380 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && HERMES
383 This is a driver for 802.11b cards using RAM-loadable Symbol
384 firmware, such as Symbol Wireless Networker LA4100, CompactFlash
385 cards by Socket Communications and Intel PRO/Wireless 2011B.
387 This driver requires firmware download on startup. Utilities
388 for downloading Symbol firmware are available at
389 <http://sourceforge.net/projects/orinoco/>
392 tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 PCMCIA cards"
393 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && (BROKEN || !M32R)
396 This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet PCMCIA
397 802.11 wireless cards. This driver is the same as the Aironet
398 driver part of the Linux Pcmcia package.
399 It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
400 - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
401 aquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B). It also
402 supports OEM of Cisco such as the DELL TrueMobile 4800 and Xircom
405 This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
406 and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
407 Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
409 To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
410 Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
411 for location). You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
412 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
415 tristate "Atmel at76c502/at76c504 PCMCIA cards"
416 depends on NET_RADIO && ATMEL && PCMCIA
420 Enable support for PCMCIA cards containing the
421 Atmel at76c502 and at76c504 chips.
424 tristate "Planet WL3501 PCMCIA cards"
425 depends on NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL && PCMCIA
427 A driver for WL3501 PCMCIA 802.11 wireless cards made by Planet.
428 It has basic support for Linux wireless extensions and initial
429 micro support for ethtool.
431 comment "Prism GT/Duette 802.11(a/b/g) PCI/Cardbus support"
432 depends on NET_RADIO && PCI
434 tristate 'Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus'
435 depends on PCI && NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL
438 Enable PCI and Cardbus support for the following chipset based cards:
440 ISL3880 - Prism GT 802.11 b/g
441 ISL3877 - Prism Indigo 802.11 a
442 ISL3890 - Prism Duette 802.11 a/b/g
444 For a complete list of supported cards visit <http://prism54.org>.
445 Here is the latest confirmed list of supported cards:
447 3com OfficeConnect 11g Cardbus Card aka 3CRWE154G72 (version 1)
448 Allnet ALL0271 PCI Card
449 Compex WL54G Cardbus Card
450 Corega CG-WLCB54GT Cardbus Card
451 D-Link Air Plus Xtreme G A1 Cardbus Card aka DWL-g650
452 I-O Data WN-G54/CB Cardbus Card
453 Kobishi XG-300 aka Z-Com Cardbus Card
454 Netgear WG511 Cardbus Card
455 Ovislink WL-5400PCI PCI Card
456 Peabird WLG-PCI PCI Card
457 Sitecom WL-100i Cardbus Card
458 Sitecom WL-110i PCI Card
459 SMC2802W - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Card
460 SMC2835W - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
461 SMC2835W-V2 - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
462 Z-Com XG-900 PCI Card
463 Zyxel G-100 Cardbus Card
465 If you enable this you will need a firmware file as well.
466 You will need to copy this to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3890.
467 You can get this non-GPL'd firmware file from the Prism54 project page:
469 You will also need the /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent script from
470 a current hotplug package.
472 Note: You need a motherboard with DMA support to use any of these cards
474 If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
475 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
476 say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
477 will be called prism54.ko.
479 source "drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig"
481 # yes, this works even when no drivers are selected
484 depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI || PPC_PMAC || PCMCIA)