2 # Wireless LAN device configuration
5 menu "Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)"
9 bool "Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extensions"
11 Support for wireless LANs and everything having to do with radio,
12 but not with amateur radio or FM broadcasting.
14 Saying Y here also enables the Wireless Extensions (creates
15 /proc/net/wireless and enables iwconfig access). The Wireless
16 Extension is a generic API allowing a driver to expose to the user
17 space configuration and statistics specific to common Wireless LANs.
18 The beauty of it is that a single set of tool can support all the
19 variations of Wireless LANs, regardless of their type (as long as
20 the driver supports Wireless Extension). Another advantage is that
21 these parameters may be changed on the fly without restarting the
22 driver (or Linux). If you wish to use Wireless Extensions with
23 wireless PCMCIA (PC-) cards, you need to say Y here; you can fetch
25 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
27 Some user-level drivers for scarab devices which don't require
28 special kernel support are available from
29 <ftp://shadow.cabi.net/pub/Linux/>.
31 # Note : the cards are obsolete (can't buy them anymore), but the drivers
32 # are not, as people are still using them...
33 comment "Obsolete Wireless cards support (pre-802.11)"
34 depends on NET_RADIO && (INET || ISA || PCMCIA)
37 tristate "STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP)"
38 depends on NET_RADIO && INET
40 Say Y if you have a Metricom radio and intend to use Starmode Radio
41 IP. STRIP is a radio protocol developed for the MosquitoNet project
42 (on the WWW at <http://mosquitonet.stanford.edu/>) to send Internet
43 traffic using Metricom radios. Metricom radios are small, battery
44 powered, 100kbit/sec packet radio transceivers, about the size and
45 weight of a cellular telephone. (You may also have heard them called
46 "Metricom modems" but we avoid the term "modem" because it misleads
47 many people into thinking that you can plug a Metricom modem into a
48 phone line and use it as a modem.)
50 You can use STRIP on any Linux machine with a serial port, although
51 it is obviously most useful for people with laptop computers. If you
52 think you might get a Metricom radio in the future, there is no harm
53 in saying Y to STRIP now, except that it makes the kernel a bit
56 To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
60 tristate "Aironet Arlan 655 & IC2200 DS support"
61 depends on NET_RADIO && ISA && !64BIT
63 Aironet makes Arlan, a class of wireless LAN adapters. These use the
64 www.Telxon.com chip, which is also used on several similar cards.
65 This driver is tested on the 655 and IC2200 series cards. Look at
66 <http://www.ylenurme.ee/~elmer/655/> for the latest information.
68 The driver is built as two modules, arlan and arlan-proc. The latter
69 is the /proc interface and is not needed most of time.
71 On some computers the card ends up in non-valid state after some
72 time. Use a ping-reset script to clear it.
75 tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN & DEC RoamAbout DS ISA support"
76 depends on NET_RADIO && ISA
78 The Lucent WaveLAN (formerly NCR and AT&T; or DEC RoamAbout DS) is
79 a Radio LAN (wireless Ethernet-like Local Area Network) using the
80 radio frequencies 900 MHz and 2.4 GHz.
82 This driver support the ISA version of the WaveLAN card. A separate
83 driver for the PCMCIA (PC-card) hardware is available in David
84 Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
87 If you want to use an ISA WaveLAN card under Linux, say Y and read
88 the Ethernet-HOWTO, available from
89 <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. Some more specific
90 information is contained in
91 <file:Documentation/networking/wavelan.txt> and in the source code
92 <file:drivers/net/wavelan.p.h>.
94 You will also need the wireless tools package available from
95 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
96 Please read the man pages contained therein.
98 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
101 config PCMCIA_WAVELAN
102 tristate "AT&T/Lucent old WaveLAN Pcmcia wireless support"
103 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
105 Say Y here if you intend to attach an AT&T/Lucent Wavelan PCMCIA
106 (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer. This
107 driver is for the non-IEEE-802.11 Wavelan cards.
109 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
110 called wavelan_cs. If unsure, say N.
112 config PCMCIA_NETWAVE
113 tristate "Xircom Netwave AirSurfer Pcmcia wireless support"
114 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
116 Say Y here if you intend to attach this type of PCMCIA (PC-card)
117 wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
119 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
120 called netwave_cs. If unsure, say N.
122 comment "Wireless 802.11 Frequency Hopping cards support"
123 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
126 tristate "Aviator/Raytheon 2.4MHz wireless support"
127 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
129 Say Y here if you intend to attach an Aviator/Raytheon PCMCIA
130 (PC-card) wireless Ethernet networking card to your computer.
131 Please read the file <file:Documentation/networking/ray_cs.txt> for
134 To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the module will be
135 called ray_cs. If unsure, say N.
137 comment "Wireless 802.11b ISA/PCI cards support"
138 depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI || PPC_PMAC || PCMCIA)
141 tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection"
142 depends on NET_RADIO && PCI && IEEE80211
145 A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network
146 Connection 802.11b wireless network adapter.
148 See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2100> for information on
149 the capabilities currently enabled in this driver and for tips
150 for debugging issues and problems.
152 In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
153 You can obtain the firmware from
154 <http://ipw2100.sf.net/>. Once you have the firmware image, you
155 will need to place it in /etc/firmware.
157 You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
160 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
162 If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
163 inserted in and remvoed from the running kernel whenever you want),
164 say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
165 will be called ipw2100.ko.
167 config IPW2100_MONITOR
168 bool "Enable promiscuous mode"
171 Enables promiscuous/monitor mode support for the ipw2100 driver.
172 With this feature compiled into the driver, you can switch to
173 promiscuous mode via the Wireless Tool's Monitor mode. While in this
174 mode, no packets can be sent.
177 bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2100 module."
180 This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2100.
182 This will result in the kernel module being ~60k larger. You can
183 control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the
186 /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2100/debug_level
188 This entry will only exist if this option is enabled.
190 If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2100 driver, you
191 most likely want to say N here.
194 tristate "Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection"
195 depends on IEEE80211 && PCI
198 A driver for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network
201 See <file:Documentation/networking/README.ipw2200> for
202 information on the capabilities currently enabled in this
203 driver and for tips for debugging issues and problems.
205 In order to use this driver, you will need a firmware image for it.
206 You can obtain the firmware from
207 <http://ipw2200.sf.net/>. See the above referenced README.ipw2200
208 for information on where to install the firmare images.
210 You will also very likely need the Wireless Tools in order to
213 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
215 If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
216 inserted in and remvoed from the running kernel whenever you want),
217 say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
218 will be called ipw2200.ko.
221 bool "Enable full debugging output in IPW2200 module."
224 This option will enable debug tracing output for the IPW2200.
226 This will result in the kernel module being ~100k larger. You can
227 control which debug output is sent to the kernel log by setting the
230 /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level
232 This entry will only exist if this option is enabled.
234 To set a value, simply echo an 8-byte hex value to the same file:
236 % echo 0x00000FFO > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/debug_level
238 You can find the list of debug mask values in
239 drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.h
241 If you are not trying to debug or develop the IPW2200 driver, you
242 most likely want to say N here.
245 tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 ISA and PCI cards"
246 depends on NET_RADIO && ISA && (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 "Prism 2.5 PCI 802.11b adaptor support"
314 depends on PCI && HERMES
316 Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI 802.11b wireless NICs based on
317 the Prism 2.5 chipset. These are true PCI cards, not the 802.11b
318 PCMCIA cards bundled with PCI<->PCMCIA adaptors which are also
319 common. Some of the built-in wireless adaptors in laptops are of
323 tristate "Atmel at76c50x chipset 802.11b support"
324 depends on NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL
328 A driver 802.11b wireless cards based on the Atmel fast-vnet
329 chips. This driver supports standard Linux wireless extensions.
331 Many cards based on this chipset do not have flash memory
332 and need their firmware loaded at start-up. If yours is
333 one of these, you will need to provide a firmware image
334 to be loaded into the card by the driver. The Atmel
335 firmware package can be downloaded from
336 <http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel>
339 tristate "Atmel at76c506 PCI cards"
340 depends on ATMEL && PCI
342 Enable support for PCI and mini-PCI cards containing the
345 # If Pcmcia is compiled in, offer Pcmcia cards...
346 comment "Wireless 802.11b Pcmcia/Cardbus cards support"
347 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA
350 tristate "Hermes PCMCIA card support"
351 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && HERMES
353 A driver for "Hermes" chipset based PCMCIA wireless adaptors, such
354 as the Lucent WavelanIEEE/Orinoco cards and their OEM (Cabletron/
355 EnteraSys RoamAbout 802.11, ELSA Airlancer, Melco Buffalo and
356 others). It should also be usable on various Prism II based cards
357 such as the Linksys, D-Link and Farallon Skyline. It should also
358 work on Symbol cards such as the 3Com AirConnect and Ericsson WLAN.
360 To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
361 Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
362 for location). You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
363 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
365 You will also very likely also need the Wireless Tools in order to
366 configure your card and that /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts works:
367 <http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html>.
370 tristate "Cisco/Aironet 34X/35X/4500/4800 PCMCIA cards"
371 depends on NET_RADIO && PCMCIA && (BROKEN || !M32R)
373 This is the standard Linux driver to support Cisco/Aironet PCMCIA
374 802.11 wireless cards. This driver is the same as the Aironet
375 driver part of the Linux Pcmcia package.
376 It supports the new 802.11b cards from Cisco (Cisco 34X, Cisco 35X
377 - with or without encryption) as well as card before the Cisco
378 aquisition (Aironet 4500, Aironet 4800, Aironet 4800B). It also
379 supports OEM of Cisco such as the DELL TrueMobile 4800 and Xircom
382 This driver support both the standard Linux Wireless Extensions
383 and Cisco proprietary API, so both the Linux Wireless Tools and the
384 Cisco Linux utilities can be used to configure the card.
386 To use your PC-cards, you will need supporting software from David
387 Hinds' pcmcia-cs package (see the file <file:Documentation/Changes>
388 for location). You also want to check out the PCMCIA-HOWTO,
389 available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>.
392 tristate "Atmel at76c502/at76c504 PCMCIA cards"
393 depends on NET_RADIO && ATMEL && PCMCIA
397 Enable support for PCMCIA cards containing the
398 Atmel at76c502 and at76c504 chips.
401 tristate "Planet WL3501 PCMCIA cards"
402 depends on NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL && PCMCIA
404 A driver for WL3501 PCMCIA 802.11 wireless cards made by Planet.
405 It has basic support for Linux wireless extensions and initial
406 micro support for ethtool.
408 comment "Prism GT/Duette 802.11(a/b/g) PCI/Cardbus support"
409 depends on NET_RADIO && PCI
411 tristate 'Intersil Prism GT/Duette/Indigo PCI/Cardbus'
412 depends on PCI && NET_RADIO && EXPERIMENTAL
415 Enable PCI and Cardbus support for the following chipset based cards:
417 ISL3880 - Prism GT 802.11 b/g
418 ISL3877 - Prism Indigo 802.11 a
419 ISL3890 - Prism Duette 802.11 a/b/g
421 For a complete list of supported cards visit <http://prism54.org>.
422 Here is the latest confirmed list of supported cards:
424 3com OfficeConnect 11g Cardbus Card aka 3CRWE154G72 (version 1)
425 Allnet ALL0271 PCI Card
426 Compex WL54G Cardbus Card
427 Corega CG-WLCB54GT Cardbus Card
428 D-Link Air Plus Xtreme G A1 Cardbus Card aka DWL-g650
429 I-O Data WN-G54/CB Cardbus Card
430 Kobishi XG-300 aka Z-Com Cardbus Card
431 Netgear WG511 Cardbus Card
432 Ovislink WL-5400PCI PCI Card
433 Peabird WLG-PCI PCI Card
434 Sitecom WL-100i Cardbus Card
435 Sitecom WL-110i PCI Card
436 SMC2802W - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless PCI Card
437 SMC2835W - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
438 SMC2835W-V2 - EZ Connect g 2.4GHz 54 Mbps Wireless Cardbus Card
439 Z-Com XG-900 PCI Card
440 Zyxel G-100 Cardbus Card
442 If you enable this you will need a firmware file as well.
443 You will need to copy this to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3890.
444 You can get this non-GPL'd firmware file from the Prism54 project page:
446 You will also need the /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent script from
447 a current hotplug package.
449 Note: You need a motherboard with DMA support to use any of these cards
451 If you want to compile the driver as a module ( = code which can be
452 inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
453 say M here and read <file:Documentation/modules.txt>. The module
454 will be called prism54.ko.
456 source "drivers/net/wireless/hostap/Kconfig"
458 # yes, this works even when no drivers are selected
461 depends on NET_RADIO && (ISA || PCI || PPC_PMAC || PCMCIA)