BSD and Linux programmers have had a lot of success in creating drivers for new computer hardware in a timely manner, but much of their effort has been without the support of major hardware manufacturers. Intel, Marvell, Texas Instruments and Broadcom, though separate and competing entities, seem by one consent to prevent non-Microsoft operating systems from working properly with some of their most widely-used network chips.
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Member since:2005-07-06
http://madwifi.org/wiki/MadWifi
"MadWifi is short for Multiband Atheros Driver for Wireless Fidelity (WiFi). "
At least be precise yourself ...
I was not discussing the name but the fact that they are a GNU/Linux project that they support more then just the Atheros cards , witch make me 100% correct on my point ( witch was not all OpenBSD ).
Unless , again , 3Com , AirLink , Belkinand all the other cards maker got bought by Atheros , they do a lot more then just support Atheros cards wich make me 100% correct.
Now your right those cards are all based on Atheros chipset , but thats a different point entirely that you just brought up , it as nothing to do with my point.
I was not correcting , I was saying this guy is lying for saying that OpenBSD does everything.
Member since:2005-07-11
No, you are 100% incorrect.
The madwifi project only support Atheros chipsets. Period. They don't support specific cards. They support specific chipsets.
Those chipsets are used by many different card manufacturers, yes. But it's the chipsets on those cards that madwifi supports. And it's only the Atheros chipsets.
3Com, D-Link, NetGEAR, etc all make a lot of different cards with different chipsets. You can't say "madwifi supports 3Com" becuase they don't. madwifi supports cards that use the Atheros chipset. Period. Not all 3Com cards use the Atheros chipsets. Hence, madwifi does not support 3Com.
Member since:
2005-07-11
"madwifi supports atheros cards"
http://madwifi.org/
http://madwifi.org/wiki/Compatibility
Wrong again ... unless 3Com , AirLink , Belkin ... BIG ETC, got bought in the last 5 seconds by Atheros ...
madwifi stands for Multi-band Atheros Driver for Wifi. It's the driver for the Atheros chipsets. A lot of different companies use those chipsets in their wireless devices. madwifi *ONLY* supports Atheros chipsets.
If you're going to correct someone, at least use correct information.