Prism2.5 firmware

[Vince Hoffman]

Hi,

	Looks good, i'll have a go when i get home.
Thanks very much,
Vince

On Fri, 17 Sep 2004, Jiri Mikulas wrote:

> Hello
> if you have FBSD 5.x, read this
> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-May/027476.html
>
> for firmware update - for windows - download this file and run the .exe file
> http://bsd.mikulas.com/wifi/Fw_1.7.4.tgz
>
> Jiri
>
> Vince Hoffman wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >	I've been wondering why I cant seem to get more than approx
> >180k(bytes)/sec from my freebsd server with a netgear MA311 pci card in
> >hostap. After some googling After some googling the evidence seems to
> >point at me having rather ancient firmware.
> >(23:46:36 <~>) 0 # dmesg |grep wi0
> >wi0: <Intersil Prism2.5> mem 0x40500000-0x40500fff irq 5 at device 4.0 on
> >pci2
> >wi0: 802.11 address: 00:09:5b:11:fa:39
> >wi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 MAC:ISL3874A(Mini-PCI)
> >wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.0.7), Station (1.3.6)
> >wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> >
> >(the relevant line from ifconfig being
> >media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet DS/11Mbps <hostap> (DS/2Mbps <hostap>)
> >
> >Since Netgear dont seem to supply an updated firmware, has anyone any
> >suggestions where i could get one, and if so is there any way to update it
> >under FreeBSD ? or do i need to take down my server and put the card in my
> >windows machine to update ?
> >
> >Any suggestions welcome.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >	Vince
> >
>