[ale] no 802.11g for Linux?

[AMIT AGRAWAL]

Although I am new at all this but as far as I know of 802.11g, I don't think
it can operate at "any" frequency in the first place. It only work in one
spectrum. But the fact is that 2.5 GHz spectrum is used for Mobile
communications by telephone companies. But even then there are reserved
channels which do not overlap other than with 11b to provide scalability.
This range of channels can be expanded by reprogramming the card.

I don't think that this has anything with the military. They use a separate
spectrum altogether. Probably they don't want hackers to have ready tools to
hack into the mobile networks directly. In India we had problems of people
reprogramming stolen/old Mobile SIM cards to get a free phone connection
because these services are very expensive in developing countries.

Please correct me if anybody feels that I am wrong anywhere. But this is
what I know.

thanks

Amit
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Philips" <jcphil at mindspring.com>
To: ale at ale.org
To: <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 6:48 PM
Subject: [ale] no 802.11g for Linux?


> This discussion:
>
> http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0304.3/1120.html
>
> claims that there won't be any open source drivers for 802.11g wireless
cards,
> because they can operate at any frequency and the feds don't want people
> using them to hack into frequencies reserved for them. Does anybody know
more
> about this? Is this the straight dope? Or is this person full of it?
>
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