From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <92b4cbb27b2cef56633604ccd2c00623@vitanuova.com> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] USB wireless devices From: C H Forsyth In-Reply-To: <20030826103801.GA26602@littlebird.tenfour> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="upas-ustqpxsspxtegzycnoojuysazl" Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 12:15:19 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 2250c9f8-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --upas-ustqpxsspxtegzycnoojuysazl Content-Disposition: inline Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit i don't think it is what he meant. --upas-ustqpxsspxtegzycnoojuysazl Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-path: <9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu> Received: from punt-3.mail.demon.net by mailstore for forsyth@vitanuova.com id 19rbEP-0005Gj-4S; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:53:28 +0000 Received: from [130.203.4.6] (helo=mail.cse.psu.edu) by punt-3.mail.demon.net with esmtp id 19rbEP-0005Gj-4S; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 10:39:21 +0000 Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 33AEB19ACB; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 06:39:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from psuvax1.cse.psu.edu (psuvax1.cse.psu.edu [130.203.76.6]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 928AB19A97; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 06:39:11 -0400 (EDT) X-Original-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Delivered-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Received: by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server, from userid 60001) id 2DA9D19A1C; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 06:38:04 -0400 (EDT) Received: from idoru.mine.nu (pc2-cdif1-6-cust172.cdif.cable.ntl.com [80.3.231.172]) by mail.cse.psu.edu (CSE Mail Server) with ESMTP id 77FF8199E0 for <9fans@cse.psu.edu>; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 06:38:03 -0400 (EDT) Received: from rasputin by idoru.mine.nu with local (Exim 4.10) id 19rbD7-0003Lm-00 for 9fans@cse.psu.edu; Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:38:01 +0100 From: Rasputin To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] USB wireless devices Message-ID: <20030826103801.GA26602@littlebird.tenfour> References: <87k792pe67.fsf@rgristroph-austin.ath.cx> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87k792pe67.fsf@rgristroph-austin.ath.cx> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu Errors-To: 9fans-admin@cse.psu.edu X-BeenThere: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu X-Reply-To: Rasputin List-Id: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans.cse.psu.edu> List-Archive: Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2003 11:38:01 +0100 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.5 required=5.0 tests=IN_REP_TO,QUOTED_EMAIL_TEXT,REFERENCES,REPLY_WITH_QUOTES, USER_AGENT_MUTT version=2.55 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.55 (1.174.2.19-2003-05-19-exp) * Rob Ristroph [0809 05:09]: > > I was in the store looking to see if I could find a wireless ethernet > card I was sure would work on Plan 9. I saw various USB devices, > which have a radio with a USB connection. I was hoping that these > might be easier to get working, similar to how modems with a serial > port connection don't requre special drivers. Do you mean USB radios? If so I think you're barking up the wrong tree, these won't act as 802.11 devices. Apologies if that's not what you meant. -- Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner. Conscience makes egotists of us all. -- Oscar Wilde Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns --upas-ustqpxsspxtegzycnoojuysazl--