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author Pascal Bellard <pascal.bellard@slitaz.org>
date Tue May 10 07:46:30 2022 +0000 (2022-05-10)
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1 Many vendors do not release specifications of the hardware or provide
2 a Linux driver for their wireless network cards.
3 This project implements Windows kernel API and NDIS (Network Driver
4 Interface Specification) API within Linux kernel.
5 A Windows driver for wireless network card is then linked to this
6 implementation so that the driver runs natively, as though it is in
7 Windows, without binary emulation.
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9 With ndiswrapper, most miniPCI (builtin), PCI, PCMCIA (Cardbus only)
10 or USB wireless network cards work in Linux with x86 or x86-64.
11 Although ndiswrapper is intended for wireless network cards, other
12 devices are known to work: e.g., ethernet cards, USB to serial port
13 device, home phone network device etc.