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You need the following equipments to go wireless. 1. An x86 laptop with Solaris installed. 2. One of the following 802.11 wireless adapters: Cisco Aironet 802.11b PC Card Lucent WaveLan 802.11b PC Card Atheros 802.11g (mini-PCI or CardBus PC Card) Centrino(IPW2100) (mini-PCI)

Notes: This document focuses on how to make your CardBus/PC Card wifi cards work. For built-in wireless mini-PCI cards, the installation steps are just like that of standard PCI cards. Please check the output of your prtconf -pv to identify the built-in wireless card and run add_drv. Right now, we have atheros and ipw2100native mini-PCI cards drivers.

PCMCIA	It stands for Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, established in 1991 to standardize a particular form of add-in memory cards for mobile computers. It owns a set of specifications called PC Card Standard.
PC Card	It refers to the technology and the products based upon the PC Card Standard. When referring to products (both card and sockets) that support 16-bit operation, the terms '16-bit PC Card' or '16-bit PC Card socket' should be used. 'CardBus PC Card' is the correct term that can be used when referring to the 32-bit bus master specification of the PC Card Standard. The terms 'PCMCIA Card' and 'PCMCIA socket' should never be used.
CardBus	It's the 32-bit PCI-like bus standard for PC Cards. It's effectively a "mobile hot-pluggable PCI" bus. It shares PC Card-16's form factor but operates at PCI local-bus speeds of up to 33MHz. CardBus devices are capable of acting as system-bus masters. This contrasts with PC Card-16 devies which can only act as slaves to system-resident master devices. Every laptop has at least one CardBus bridge inside. In the Solaris device tree, PC Cards are leaf devices under the CardBus bridge. Most 802.11b PC Cards are 16-bit devices. All 802.11g PC Cards are 32bit CardBus devices.

(The following steps are enough, don't need to modify bootconf.exe )
1. Upgrade pcic.

/kernel/drv/pcic is the driver for CardBus bridges in Solaris. When a PC Card is inserted into the laptop, pcic allocates resources for it and creates a new node; under the CardBus bridge in the device tree.

The current pcic in the on10 gate was written some time ago. It does not support as many new laptops as we need. So upgrade pcic to make sure that your PC Card can be recognized and listed in the device tree (the output of prtconf). We have two versions of pcic for your test:
http://greatwall.prc.sun.com/solx86/Program/ProjPage/WiFi/pcmcia/driver
This is the pcic refined from the one in the on10 gate. We plan to putback it soon to better support 16bit PC Cards. It doesn't support CardBus PC Cards. To upgrade, just replace your (backup them first):
    /kernel/drv/pcic
    /kernel/misc/pcmcia.
http://greatwall.prc/solx86/Program/ProjPage/WiFi/cardbus/drivers
This set of files is the new CardBus driver. It supports both 16bit PC Cards and 32bit CardBus PC Cards. If you want 802.11g, you need this. To upgrade, just replace your (backup them first):
    /kernel/drv/pcic
    /kernel/drv/pcic.conf
    /kernel/misc/pcic16 (this is a new module, not in S10)
    /kernel/misc/pcmcia
If you are running Ferrari in 64bit mode, please use the binaries in the 'amd64' directory instead:
http://greatwall.prc/solx86/Program/ProjPage/WiFi/cardbus/drivers/amd64/
copy them to:
    /kernel/drv/amd64/pcic
    /kernel/misc/amd64/pcic16
    /kernel/misc/amd64/pcmcia
    /kernel/drv/pcic.conf

How do you tell if a wireless card is 16bit PC Card or CardBus Card? Here are some heuristics.
1. 802.11b Cards are mostly 16bit PC Cards.
2. 802.11g Cards are either CardBus cards or mini-PCI cards or PCI cards. They can't be 16bit PC Cards.
3. Built-in 802.11g cards are unlikely to be PC Cards, they are mini-PCI or PCI cards.

2. Reboot.

3. If you use the new CardBus driver:

If it's a Toshiba laptop, Change your BIOS setting for PC Cards from PCIC Compatible to CardBus/16-bit.

4. Insert your PC Card. Run prtconf.

For 802.11g Cards it looks like:

  pci1014,552, instance #0  <-----------------CardBus bridge
      pcs, instance #0 (driver not attached) 
      pci1385,4600 (driver not attached) <------802.11g Card
  pci1014,552, instance #1  <-----------------CardBus bridge
      pcs, instance #0 (driver not attached)

For 802.11b Cards it looks like:

  pci1014,552, instance #0  <-----------------CardBus bridge
      pcs, instance #0 (driver not attached)
      network, instance #0  <-----------------802.11b Card
  pci1014,552, instance #1  <-----------------CardBus bridge
      pcs, instance #0 (driver not attached)

If you don't see anything like these, it means pcic is not working correctly. Please send us your /var/adm/messages.

5. Install the leaf driver.

There are currently three WIFI PC Card leaf drivers:

• ath is for Atheros 802.11g cards.
• pcwl is for Lucent and Prism-II 802.11b. 
• pcan is for Cisco Aironet 802.11b.

copy the driver to /kernel/drv or /usr/kernel/drv
#cp ath /usr/kernel/drv
#cp pcwl /usr/kernel/drv

To install 802.11b driver:
# add_drv -i '"pccardxxx,x"' pcwl (or pcan)
You can find the correct string 'pccardxxx,x' by searching the output of prtconf -v. For example:
...value='pccard, TOSHIBA,wireless_LAN_card,Version_01.01,' + 'pccard156,2' + ...

The syntax should be:
# add_drv -i '"pccard156,2"' pcwl


802.11g Cards are essentially PCI devices. To install 802.11g driver:
# add_drv -i '"pcixxx,xxx'" ath
Like every PCI device, pcixxx,xxx is according to the output of prtconf

The following steps take the ath driver as an example.
6. ifconfig ath[n] plumb

7. Run the following sequence of commands to configure wifi.
(Get the wificonfig, wificonfig readme and wificonfig manpage from WiFi Project - wificonfig)

   # wificonfig -i ath0 createprofile essid=your_ssid encryption=wep wepkey1=your_wep_key
   # wificonfig -i ath0 connect your_ssid
   # ifconfig ath0 dhcp

   If you don't use WEP and want to connect to whatever WLAN available,
   the command sequence is simplified as:
   # ifconfig ath0 dhcp

8. Trouble shooting
If you find it doesn't work as described above, please turn on the debugging messages by adding the following two lines in /etc/system:
set pcic:_cb_debug=1
set pcic16:pcic_debug=1
Reboot and send us your /var/adm/messages

Tested CardBus bridges

We have tested the new pcic (both versions) with the following CardBus bridges:

• TI:

    (Most TI CardBus controllers are compatible with one another. We have tested TI PCI7510, TI PCI1520, TI PCI4520, etc).
    pci104c,xxxx

• O2 Micro

   pci1217,6933

• Toshiba: (ToPIC97/ToPIC95 )

    pci1179,60a.
    pci1179,617.
    pci1179,60f

• Ricoh:

    (Sony VIAO)
    pci1180,475

Tested Laptop models
The following laptops have been tested:
    Dell Latitude D800
    Dell Latitude D400
    Dell Inspiron 8200
    IBM R40e
    IBM R50
    IBM T30
    IBM T41
    Compaq Evo N610c
    Compaq nc4010
    Sony VIAO PCG-R505TZCP
    Sony VIAO PCG-V505MNCP
    Toshiba Tecra M2
    Toshiba Tecra 8000
    Toshiba Tecra 9100
    Fujitu Lifebook S6120

Tested S10 builds
From S10 GA to snv_09

Pitfalls
Some people install a *generic* network driver. They have an entry in /etc/driver_aliases like:
bge "pciclass,020000"
This causes bge to attach to the 802.11g card immediately after it is inserted and may hang the system.

Known problems
For 802.11g PC Cards, if the interface is plumbed, before unplugging the card the following steps are required:
# ifconfig ath0 dhcp release
(if it's pending, run pkill dhcpagent)
# ifconfig ath0 unplumb

Without these steps, the driver panics when the card is removed.

Contacts
vincent.wang@sun.com
Jackie.xiao@sun.com
brian.xu@sun.com
mikore.li@sun.com

Appendix -- 802.11g PC Cards with Atheros chipsets
Only the AR5001 and AR5002 chipsets in the following table are supported by ath.
Note: This table is from Athros's website but before buying a card, please DO CHECK with the card vendor to make sure that it is using Atheros chipset. The same product may have different versions using chips from different chip vendors.

	Product Name	Product Type	Technology Band	Atheros Chipset	Advanced Features
3Com	3CRPAG175 : 3Com 11a/b/g Wireless LAN PC Card with XJACK Antenna	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
3Com	3CRWE154A72: 3Com OfficeConnect Wireless a/b/g PC Card	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X
Aztech	WL830PC	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5002G	Super G
Cisco Systems	Cisco Aironet 802.11a/b/g Wireless CardBus Adapter	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X
Contec	FLEXLAN FX-DS540-PCC2	PC Card	802.11a	No Chipset Provided
Contec	FLEXLAN FX-DS540-PCD	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X	Super AG
Corega	CG-WLCB54AG	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002AP-2X	Super AG
D-Link	AirPro DWL-A650	PC Card	802.11a	AR5000
D-Link	AirPremier AG Wireless 108Mbps CardBus DWL-AG660	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5004X	Super AG with XR
D-Link	D-Link AirPlus DWL-G650 Cardbus Adapter	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5001X
D-Link	AirPlus DWL-G650 CardBus Adapter	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5001X+
D-Link	AirPro DWL-AB650 Dual Band CardBus	PC Card	802.11a/b	AR5001X+
D-Link	D-Link Air Xpert DWL-AG650 CardBus Adapter	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
Elecom	LD-WL54/CB	PC Card	802.11a	AR5001A
Elecom	LD-WL54G/CB	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5002X	Super G
Elecom	LD-WL54AG/CB	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
Enterasys Networks	RBTBG-AW a/b/g PC radio card	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
Enterasys Networks	RBTBFAX wireless radio PC card	PC Card	802.11a	AR5001X+
Fujitsu	Wireless LAN Card FMV-JW481	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X
Fujitsu (Retail)	CONECT2AIR E5454	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
Fujitsu (Retail)	Connect2Air WLAN E5454/CB	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
Fujitsu (Retail)	FMV-JW481 802.11a/b/g CardBus	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X	Total ABG
IBM (Enterprise)	Wireless CardBus Adapter, model 31P9101	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
Icom	WAVEMASTER SL-5200	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X
I-O Data	WN-AG/CB2	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X
I-O Data	WN-A54/CB	PC Card	802.11a	AR5001A
I-O Data	WN-AG/CB	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
I-O Data	WN-AB/CB	PC Card	802.11a/b	AR5001X
KCORP ICT Limited	KLG-520: 108G+ Wireless Cardbus Notebook Adapter Card	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5004G	Super G
Linksys	WPC55AG 802.11a/g CardBus	PC Card	802.11a/g	AR5001X+
Linksys	WPC54A 802.11a CardBus	PC Card	802.11a	AR5000
Linksys	WPC51AB 802.11a/b CardBus	PC Card	802.11a/b	AR5001
NEC (Retail)	Aterm PA-WL/54AG	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
NEC (Retail)	Aterm PA-WL/54AC	PC Card	802.11a	AR5000
Netgear	WAB501	PC Card	802.11a/b	AR5001X+
Netgear	HA501 Wireless 32-bit Card Bus Adapter	PC Card	802.11a	AR5000
Netgear	WAG511	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+	Super G
Netgear	WG511T	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5002G	Super G
Nortel Networks	Nortel Networks WLAN Mobile Adapter 2201	PC Card	802.11a/b	AR5001X
Nortel Networks	Nortel Networks WLAN Mobile Adapter 2202	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X	Super AG
NTT East	Mickey Fan Station Card	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5002G
NTT West	Mickey Fan Web Caster FT-STC-Sg	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5002G	Super G
NTT-ME	MN-WLC54g-HQ	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5002G	Super G
NTT-ME	MN-WLC54g 802.11g WLAN PC Card	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X	Super G
OMRON	LT54CWAG	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002AP-2X	Super AG
Planex Communications Inc.	GW-NS540a	PC Card	802.11a	AR5002X
Proxim	Orinoco 802.11a/b/g ComboCard	PC Card	802.11a/b	AR5001X+
Proxim	8470WD cardbus card	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5001X+
Proxim	8471WD b/g cardbus card - Silver	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5004G
Proxim	11a/b/g world cardbus card- Gold	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
Proxim	8480JP Japan cardbus card- Gold	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
Proxim	8481JP 11a/b/g cardbus card, Japan, Silver	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
Proxim	8660WD 11a/b/g cardbus card world- Gold	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X
Proxim	8660JP 11a/b/g cardbus card- Japan- Gold	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X
Proxim	8481WD World cardbus card- Silver	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
Samsung	Samsung WLAN PC Card (SWL-5200N)	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+
Senao	SL-5054CB Aries Wireless Cardbus Adapter	PC Card	802.11a	AR5001A
Senao	SL-5054CB Pisces Dual Band Wireless Cardbus Adapter	PC Card	802.11a/b	AR5001X
SMC	EliteConnect Universal 2.4GHz/5GHz Cardbus SMC2536W-AG	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X
SMC	EZ-Stream Universal Wireless Cardbus Adapter SMC2336W-AG	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X
SMC	EZ Connect Universal Wireless Cardbus Adapter SMC2335W	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5002X
SMC	EZ Connect Wireless Cardbus Adapter SMC2735W	PC Card	802.11a	AR5000
Sony (Retail)	PCWA-C300S VAIO® 802.11g WLAN LAN PC Card	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5001X+
Sony (Retail)	PCWA-C500 VAIO 5GHz WLAN LAN PC Card	PC Card	802.11a	AR5000
Sony (Retail)	PCWA-C800S 2,4GHz/5GHz WirelessLAN PC Card	PC Card	802.11a/b/g	AR5001X+	Super AG
Sony (Retail)	PCWA-C700 VAIO® 802.11a/b Dual PC Card	PC Card	802.11a/b	AR5001X+
Toshiba	PATRCO2O TransCube20	PC Card	802.11a/b	AR5001X
TP-LINK	TL-WN510G	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5005G
TP-LINK	TL-WN610G	PC Card	802.11b/g	AR5005GS	Super G with XR