From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from mail-ew0-f216.google.com ([209.85.219.216]:45973 "EHLO mail-ew0-f216.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752335Ab0CWVL6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:11:58 -0400 Received: by ewy8 with SMTP id 8so909326ewy.28 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 2010 14:11:55 -0700 (PDT) From: Steven Wheeler To: "'Christian Lamparter'" Cc: "'Pavel Roskin'" , References: <002a01cac969$b726e8d0$2574ba70$@com> <201003221647.43357.chunkeey@googlemail.com> <000001cac9de$00a868c0$01f93a40$@com> <201003221807.45672.chunkeey@googlemail.com> In-Reply-To: <201003221807.45672.chunkeey@googlemail.com> Subject: RE: Problems with Netgear WG511v1 PCMCIA Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2010 16:11:47 -0500 Message-ID: <000601cacacd$75b9ae90$612d0bb0$@com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: 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