[Prism54-users] wireless extention on prism54?

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

There is no stable driver. The old one is even less stable. You get stuck
with cvs snapshots until we have something decent/stable.

For the most part client mode should be pretty stable IMHO.

	Luis

On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Jianpeng Dong wrote:

> where can I download the latest stable driver? I could only find the cvs
> snapshot.
>
> Thanks,
> JP
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: prism54-users-admin@prism54.org
> [mailto:prism54-users-admin@prism54.org]On Behalf Of Luis R. Rodriguez
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 11:07 AM
> To: Jianpeng Dong
> Cc: prism54-users@prism54.org
> Subject: Re: [Prism54-users] wireless extention on prism54?
>
>
>
> The old driver is exactly that, the old driver. Use the new one :-D
> The old one lacks support for tons of ioctls.
>
> 	Luis
>
> On Wed, 3 Dec 2003, Jianpeng Dong wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I was not able to use the wireless extension tools (iw*) to change the
> > settings for a Intersil GT Mini-PCI card (for instance, iwconfig eth1
> essid
> > myssid, does not work, and an error message was given like "Error for
> > wireless request (SET ESSID (8B1A). SET failed on device eth1; Invalid
> > argument.).
> >
> > The driver I am using was downloaded from the old forum with a version of
> > 1.0.1.0. The linux kernel is 2.4.22 (the wireless extension version is
> 15).
> > I noticed that the development on this new forum was focused on
> 2.4.23-pre*.
> >
> > I want to know whether
> > 1. the wireless extension only works for the PCMCIA card, but not for
> > Mini-PCI card?
> > 2. should I switch to the prism54 driver for this to work?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > JP
> >
>
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