PCI Wifi card idea

[motorollin]

I don't know if this would work but here goes...

With the Mediator we can use PCI Realtek Ethernet cards. Into that we can connect a Wifi bridge to get wireless access. Is there any reason why this couldn't be combined in to one PCI card? So as far as the Amiga is concerned, the card is a standard Realtek RTL8139 Ethernet chipset, but then the card is internally connected to a Wifi Bridge with an antenna on the back of the PCI card.

I know there would not be enough of a market of Amiga users for this to be developed (if it would even work). But this could also be useful for people using Linux/Unix/BSD etc, as most kernels seem to support the RTL8139 chipset, so it would be much more compatible than Wifi chipsets.

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moto

[motorollin]

I've used Wifi Bridges that connect to the Ethernet port of the Amiga's network card. I was talking about having the Wifi bridge on the PCI card so you don't need a bridge hanging out the back of the Amiga.

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moto

[motorollin]

That't not a problem - my Wifi bridge is 5v so I powered it off a molex connector. I might try ripping it to bits and mounting in inside the case. It would be neat to have it all in one PCI card though :-)

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moto

[motorollin]

Read my original post :-) The card I was suggesting has an RTL8139 Ethernet chipset, so the Mediator drivers would be compatible with it. The card also contains the same circuitry as a wireless bridge, connected to where the Ethernet port would be on the Realtek card. So as far as the Amiga is concerned, it is talking to a Realtek ethernet card, and the PCI card then bridges that to the Wifi network.

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moto