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Posted: Feb. 19 2005,16:36 QUOTE
hi,

I wondered whether this problem has been resolved and if so how.

So far I've been gobsmacked by dsl in all aspects, but that wlan card with the atmel chipset is still doing me in:(
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Posted: Feb. 21 2005,01:52 QUOTE
There are various "families" of linux wireless drivers, and some chipsets will work with several different drivers.
The best reference I have found for Linux wireless drivers is the webpage of a prominent developer, Jean Tourrilhes.
At www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Linux.Wireless.drivers.802.11b.html#Atmel it seems to indicate that the only driver for your chip is Atmel's own driver.
You can get the source code via http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html but of course you would then need to compile this driver in Debian or Knoppix.
Easier to restore DSL's dpkg structure (see DSL's documentation or search forums) and install atmelwlandriver with apt-get or dpkg -i.  I found a deb file at http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/debian/pool/main/a/atmelwlandriver/ but you may be able to find a more recent version by googling around.
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Posted: Feb. 22 2005,12:36 QUOTE
I just found an older post regarding the Atmel chip - http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....;t=3904
It seems that the atmelwlandriver was included with older versions of DSL.  Because newer versions of DSL have an updated kernel, the question remains whether this older driver will work in the newer versions.
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