RE: Problems with Netgear WG511v1 PCMCIA

[Steven Wheeler <stevenwheel@gmail.com>]

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@googlemail.com] 
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:08 PM
To: Steven Wheeler
Cc: 'Pavel Roskin'; linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org
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