I just tested it out with the 1.7.4 firmware, and all of the problems seem to have been resolved. The connections aren't droppping and wicontrol is actually working.
Thanks for the suggestion, William On 9/21/06, Bryan Vyhmeister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I haven't been able to get firmware version 1.8.4 to work right. Lots > of timeouts and other errors were present. I have had success with > 1.7.4 on a Senao card with my net4511. I also know that 1.5.6 is > supposed to work well although I had some issues with 1.5.6 and > hostap while 1.7.4 works great with hostap. > > I have found that with Prism 2.5 wireless cards, newer firmware > usually is not better. Most of the cards I have purchased came from > Netgate and they have all been shipped with firmware 1.4.9. I have > also found that different operating systems work right with different > versions of the firmware, at least when it comes to hostap > functionality. I have found that m0n0wall (based on FreeBSD) works > great with 1.5.6 but not with 1.7.4 while OpenBSD works great with > 1.7.4 but not 1.5.6. > > Anyway, try 1.7.4. That is my suggestion. > > Bryan > > On Sep 21, 2006, at 9:41 AM, William Graeber wrote: > > > I have been having issues with a Senao Prism2.5 wireless card > > (1.8.4firmware) on a soekris net4511. If I add the wicontrol command > > in > > /etc/hostname.wi0, it brings the card into the correct mode on boot. > > However, when I try to change settings while the machine is up it > > often > > freezes for several seconds. Upon resume, the output of wicontrol > > seems to > > be jibberish. I have had logging turned off for the most part to > > conserve > > space and am not currently at the machine, but I was wondering if > > anyone > > else has experience similar problems. If not, then I will gladly > > follow this > > up with some more debug info shortly.
