Messages in this thread | | | From | Alistair John Strachan <> | Subject | Re: debug prism wlan | Date | Sat, 12 Aug 2006 22:07:29 +0100 |
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On Saturday 12 August 2006 23:56, Daniel wrote: > Am Samstag, 12. August 2006 20:43 schrieb Alistair John Strachan: > > On Saturday 12 August 2006 23:26, Daniel wrote: > > > Oh, sorry I have forgotten to tell: > > > > > > drunken init # lspci |grep Prism > > > 00:08.0 Network controller: Intersil Corporation ISL3890 [Prism > > > GT/Prism Duette]/ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow] (rev 01) > > > > > > So I'm using the prism54 driver (CONFIG_PRISM54). My version of > > > wireless-tools is 29_pre10 and the version of the used firmware is > > > 1.0.4.3. > > > > I noticed you have the mode set to Master, is this intentional? > > > > I've found my Prism54 (which is an older model, but the same firmware) > > requires me to ifconfig up before I can set iwconfig parameters > > correctly. > > Hey, that did it! But now I am a liddle confused. It worked fine before. > Why does it not work while interface is not up?
I'm not sure, but I think you've just been lucky. I've had this problem even before prism54 was merged. Some in-tree drivers won't upload the firmware until you ifconfig up them, which obviously means they won't respond adequately to the wireless extension requests. Maybe a bug?
> regards and BIG thank
No problem.
-- Cheers, Alistair.
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