Return-path: Received: from charlotte.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.58]:34347 "EHLO smtp.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751634Ab1CXOaQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:30:16 -0400 Date: Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:05:36 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: George Nychis Cc: linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Sergey Lapin , Dmitry Eremin-Solenikov Subject: Re: widely supported ZigBee USB hardware? Message-ID: <20110324140535.GA2503@tuxdriver.com> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 07:49:13PM -0400, George Nychis wrote: > I am trying to find a widely supported (and available) ZigBee USB > device with Linux. I understand there are some GPL related issues with > ZigBee, but there seems to be a couple related drivers available. In > particular, this device: > http://www.adaptivem2m.com/zigbee-technology/zigbee-usb-dongle.htm > > I could get this, but I wanted to get some general feedback first to > see if there is something different that is more well updated. It > seems like the last driver I could find for this was from 2007. > > Has anyone had any personal experience with ZigBee and Linux and have > any advice? I'm not sure anyone on this list has experience with ZigBee. I know there is some ieee802.15.4 support in the kernel, but I'm not sure where that is discussed (other than netdev). Hopefully someone on the Cc list is aware? John -- John W. Linville Someday the world will need a hero, and you linville@tuxdriver.com might be all we have. Be ready.