[Nottingham] WLAN Problems

[Joshua Lock]

Hi Rob,

Rob Andrews wrote:
> [27-May-2005 14:33.54 (BST) / Joshua Lock]
>  > I read about dmesg on the net and I have some output, seems that my 
>  > kernel is trying to load firmware via prism54. Output of dmesg follows:
>  > <snip>
> 
> It would seem to indicate that prism54 supports the card to some extent.
> Before you go using the evil that is ndiswrapper, pop on down to
> http://prism54.org/ and fetch the latest firmware and see if that works
> (put it into /lib/hotplug/firmware/ and rename it isl3886).

I checked Prism before ndiswrapper and my card is listed as totally 
unsupported.
Ndiswrapper works a treat however (100% signal strength) so I shall be 
using it for the foreseeable future at least.
Thanks for the input though.

> 
> If that doesn't work out for you, you can always:
> 
> echo "alias prism54 off" >> /etc/modprobe.d/prism54-disable
> rmmod prism54

Excellent, I had (unsuccesfully) been trying to find how to do that :)
Many thanks!

> 
> As root and that will make the driver permanently stop loading. You'll
> be free to use whatever driver you want then.
> 
> Just a hint though - the isl3890 chipset is supported by the prism54
> chipset and a firmware is bundled with the Ubuntu hoary kernel for this
> reason. You might want to try symlinking the firmware to isl3886 and
> seeing if it works with your card - if it supports a newer chipset than
> the 3886, the chances are you could use the opensource driver.
> 
> n.
> 
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