Tuesday January 04, 2005 Wireless G for EVERYONE with an ethernet port!
This is quite a nifty device and will provide wireless g access to anyone who has Solaris running on their laptop, which contains an ethernet port. The device plugs right into the ethernet port and will allow you to have wireless G and even function as an access port if you desire. For all the folks that have been asking when wireless drivers will be available for Solaris, this is a way to have wireless today, and have it in the future always. You use the standard ethernet driver for your NIC, which in turn plugs into this device.
The device measures about 2.5"x3.5"x.75", so it's smaller than a deck of playing cards. It does require power, but has an adapter that can get the power from the USB port on any laptop. Also included is one of the smallest AC adapter bricks I've seen, and it will allow you to plug into the wall to get power if needed. I'm using it at this moment on my Acer Ferrari laptop using wireless g to access blogs.sun.com with no ill effect. I'm drawing the power from the USB port on my Ferrari. You can get more info on this device at the ASUS website, and you can get these nifty device on the street for about $75, or better if you shop around.
( Jan 04 2005, 11:06:32 PM PST ) Permalink Comments [5]
Posted by 199.172.169.17 on January 05, 2005 at 05:09 AM PST #
Sun has written drivers, but thanks for your suggestion! It's a brilliant idea, I'm not sure how Sun beat you to the concept.
Unfortunately, the device vendors have not all been easy to work with so the coverage is not complete. This is not only for Solaris, but Linux and *BSD share the same problem. S10 FCS won't include the wireless drivers, since the configuration program is still being worked on, but I'm using the wireless drivers on my systems, read down farther in my blog.
Posted by Alan DuBoff on January 05, 2005 at 11:04 AM PST #
Posted by Gary Gendel on January 19, 2005 at 05:28 AM PST #
Posted by Dan Price on January 25, 2005 at 08:07 PM PST #
Gary,
While it is true that it requires power, it will draw it from the USB port, and doesn't require very much.
Sun has a native driver for the Atheros chipset, and I have a Toshiba M2 that has Atheros Wireless G integrated inside of it. I have every single device working on the Toshiba M2. These wireless drivers will hopefully go into Solaris 10 Update 1 or Update 2.
Posted by Alan DuBoff on January 26, 2005 at 05:19 AM PST #