Date: Sun, 04 Aug 2002 00:35:29 -0700 From: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> To: Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> Cc: matt@peterson.org, imp@bsdimp.com, freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: fixed - was Re: Linksys WMP 11 (Prism2.5) + hostap = no good? Message-ID: <3D4CD941.2070207@quack.kfu.com> References: <3D4C6964.3040708@quack.kfu.com> <20020803.191001.125548668.imp@bsdimp.com> <20020804011817.GU238@moaner.org> <20356.66.87.75.114.1028426910.squirrel@67.113.12.91>
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I decided to throw caution to the wind. I downloaded the 1.4.9 firmware file from netgate and the WMP11 firmware upgrade zip from Linksys. Unfortunately, the upgrader has the firmware filename hard-coded. So I wrote a quick program in C to change all occurances of the filename from 10402 to 10409. Then I put the resulting stuff on a floppy and trudged the card over to my wife's Windows machine(*). I set up the driver for the card, ran the upgrader, moved the card back to the server and now not only does hostAP mode work properly, but I get the improved signal strength I was hoping for (I am using RELENG_4 now). Yay! Thanks all around! * I am increasingly irritated by the fact that as time goes on, I become personally less and less dependent on Microsoft (my Wife runs OpenOffice now and as soon as I get her to switch to mozilla she'll be able, in theory, to switch OSes and not miss any software), but wind up still having to keep a Windows machine in a case marked "In case of emergency break glass" for doing stupid things like firmware upgrades for peripherals. Grr! Nick Sayer wrote: > Thanks all for the quick replies. > > I tried both RELENG_4 and RELENG_4_6 without results. > > I can try the firmware upgrade, but > > 1. Can I do it without Windows? > > 2. Since that .zip doesn't come from Linksys (and Linksys doesn't have > anything newer than what I've got), am I going to run into any > compatibility issues? > > > Matt Peterson said: > >>Upgrade STA f/w to 1.04.09 >><http://www.netgate.com/support/prism_firmware/1.4.9.zip>. This appears >>to make HostAP more reliable. Also, do sup to -STABLE from last night >>(imp just commited some bits that fix up BRIDGE and Cisco STA support). >>I've up to 54 STAs assoicate to my -STABLE AP so far. >> >>On Sat, Aug 03, 2002 at 07:10:01PM -0600, M. Warner Losh wrote: >> >>>In message: <3D4C6964.3040708@quack.kfu.com> >>> Nick Sayer <nsayer@quack.kfu.com> writes: >>>: I went and got one of these cards because of the antenna jack. I >>>thought : it would improve the signal strength. Instead, none of my >>>hosts will : associate with it at all. >>>: >>>: wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0xe5800000-0xe5800fff irq 12 at device >>>10.0 : on pci0 >>>: wi0: 802.11 address: 00:06:25:09:8b:ea >>>: wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI) >>>: wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary 1.01.00, Station 1.04.02 >>>: >>>: Am I SOL? >>> >>>Revision of freebsd? This card should just work. However, there were >>>some "issues" with hostap and bridging that I just fixed in -current >>>and MFC'd only a few days ago. >>> >>>Warner >>> >>>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>>with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message >> >>-- >>Matt Peterson another.geek.without.a.life >>matt@peterson.org http://matt.peterson.org/ >>------------------------------------------------- > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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