Update: I rebuilt my system with the latest Slackware (v13.0) which has kernel 2.6.29.6 I installed the firmware (Thanks Christian), did a little configuration and wireless came up without an issue using prism54 I intend to try out P54pci later when I build the latest kernel. Thank you very much -----Original Message----- From: Christian Lamparter [mailto:chunkeey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:08 PM To: Steven Wheeler Cc: 'Pavel Roskin'; linux-wireless@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Problems with Netgear WG511v1 PCMCIA On Monday 22 March 2010 17:37:44 Steven Wheeler wrote: > OK, from the pictures it appears to be the WG511 V2 or V3, the front and > back labeling matches the label positions in the V3 pic > But, an lspci shows that it has the isl3890 chipset It almost certainly isn't a ISL3890. Because they only featured in (dual band) APs and early evaluation/development boards. (But as things usually go, some could have ended up in customer products...) >From my stash of p54pci hardware only one manufacture bothered to fix the Chip and PCI ID... (Zcom XG-603). Netgear on the other hand managed to ship WG511v2 batchs with broken rssi<->dbm conversion parameters. Therefore, don't be surprised if you see some odd signal readings. (Note: This bug does not affect range or performance. Rhe conversion is done in the driver and so far the dBm signal is only a indicator for the user about signal strength...) > I just downloaded the latest kernel (2.6.33.1), will build this afternoon > I already have the P%$ firmware for kernels above 2.6.28, so I can test > Will update later here is the link: (also has fullmac firmwares) http://daemonizer.de/prism54/prism54-fw/ Regards, Chr -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
