Subject: Re: rtl8187 on realtek 8189
From: Dan Williams <dcbw@redhat.com>
To: maximilian attems <max@stro.at>
Cc: flamingice@sourmilk.net, andreamrl@tiscali.it,
	linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2007 11:27:41 -0400
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On Fri, 2007-09-07 at 13:12 +0200, maximilian attems wrote:
> hello guys,
> 
> tried to get the wireless of the latest medion working,
> but simple pci id addition seems not enough, can't see
> any access point.
> what info do you need?
> 
> also why the hack is the interface wlan0 and not ethX?

Names mean nothing, ignore them, just use them.  Older cards used ethX
because they actually _do_ pass up ethernet-framed packets.  It's not a
hack.

Dan