Return-path: Received: from va3ehsobe006.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.180.16]:5929 "EHLO VA3EHSOBE009.bigfish.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754681Ab0LAN7A convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 1 Dec 2010 08:59:00 -0500 From: "Heyendal, Carl" To: "Luis R. Rodriguez" CC: "linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org" Date: Wed, 1 Dec 2010 08:57:56 -0500 Subject: RE: wireless in linux Message-ID: <1D6034426110564DA0DEA9EE9793B38357E35E4C88@NBE-MBX01.americas.swk.pri> References: <1D6034426110564DA0DEA9EE9793B38357E35E4823@NBE-MBX01.americas.swk.pri> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: > -----Original Message----- > From: Luis R. Rodriguez [mailto:mcgrof@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2010 5:16 PM > To: Heyendal, Carl > Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org > Subject: Re: wireless in linux > > On Tue, Nov 30, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Heyendal, Carl > wrote: > > > > I'm a somewhat of a newbie to Linux. So far I have been > impressed with the information that I have been able to > readily find to get things done in Linux amongst all the > reference books, on-line tutorials, and various Linux > communities. However wireless in Linux has been a different story. > > > > A few weeks ago I was asked to provide wireless > functionality for an embedded system. A simple USB wireless > adapter to connect to an access point was all. I thought it > shouldn't be too much of a challenge. However adding wireless > capability has truly been a formidable challenge. I'm still > not there yet. I'm staring right now at the latest > wpa_supplicant readme with all the choices that I need to > make. I'll be lucky if it works. It's really been a > piece-meal effort so far. > > > > The only information I can find is very limited to it's > context and is geared to individuals who have intimate > knowledge of Linux wireless. How does one get up to speed > with wireless-linux with the apparent lack of good general > information regarding what's needed in a wireless linux kernel? > > > > Are there any reference books, tutorials, howto's, wireless > enabled kernels...anything that someone can point me to that > would help? > > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=Linux+wireless > > Luis > > Yes. Ha-ha. To bad there's nothing good out there for newbs.