Wireless Lan Via Sdcard?

[silentguy]

Hi!
i'm pretty sure I saw something in a shop some time ago that gave devices with sd card slots wlan...
does anyone know something about those thingies and have any idea how hard it would be to get it to work with a gp2x? cause, well, just HEARING that it is running linux makes you beg for wlan...

 

[OrR]

A driver would be needed, I don't know if there is one for Linux.

 

[Seraptin]

the gp2x supports sdio hardwareside.... as said you would just need a driver...

 

[BlackDayz]

This URL seems to point to the fact that the Zaurus has some drivers for SDIO cards. I unfortunately don't know if the drivers are for an ARM processor though.

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS9692674403.html

 

[haplo]

There are also wifi usb cards and some are supported under the linux orinoco usb module. But they probably need powered usb so you probably need a powered hub as well (you can probably find small battery powered ones...

 

[Sonic-NKT]

wifi usb is supported.. just look at the gp32linux project..
i was surfing the web one time with my gp32 (ok just a textbrowser )
it worked very well and the drivers are available. You just have to find a way to power this thing

 

[BlackDayz]

This is pretty interesting regarding the possibility of SDIO WLAN.

http://www.embwise.com/Sdiow.htm

It outlines a driver stack that has support for 2.4 and 2.6. Also compatible with ARM architecture. Looks promising.

Also a link to a more detailed explanation.

http://www.linuxelectrons.com/article.php/20050401011013640