[Aironet] Re: Aironet digest, Vol 1 #357 - 2 msgs

[Brian C. <br...@pa...>]

air...@cs... wrote:
> 
> 
> Our tech support people are already getting complaints from people who
> are installing Rh7.1, and we are instructing them to do the same,
> since Cisco does not support the driver currently supplied with the kernel.
> 
> Jim
> 

I hate to seem whiny here, but just why doesn't Cisco support the
"official" kernel driver for the card they manufacture?

I use both drivers, depending on the circumstances.  I have found
Elmer's driver easier to get going, and its wealth of information about
the card's state has made it the driver of choice if I have to figure
out why something isn't working properly.

It is hard for me to understand why Cisco would basically turn their
backs on the driver that every Linux user is going to see coming out of
the hole, and I must confess it is another way in which Cisco doesn't
seem very consumer-friendly with respect to their products.

Other complaints I have, by the way:

1. Disabling the second antenna port on the PCI 342 cards for--what good
reason?  They told me on the phone, apparently with a straight face,
"because we think people would find the space requirements for the
second antenna too tight, and it would just be cluttering up the back of
the computer."  Indeed.

Nobody argued very hard when I said, it seemed to me far more likely a
marketing-oriented deal, keeping the card from encroaching upon the
market spaces of the access point and workgroup bridge products.  The
fellow started stammering and clearing his throat.

2. Holding off production of the 350 PCI card, which is essentially
going to be the PCMCIA card again in a PCI adapter carrier, apparently
because they don't feel they've wrung all the income potential possible
out of the 342 series cards yet.

I'd love to see some "party line" stuff here about those matters.

Thanks.

B.