0.7.5 to 1.4.9 firmware upgrade??

[Robert Botha]

To upload firmware into RAM, you must use the RAM based firmware..in the
file on netgear there's 2 versions of the firware if I remember
correctly..one is flash based other is RAM based

-Robert

On Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 11:51:04AM +0200, Martin Polak wrote:
> Pedro Estrela schrieb:
> >
> >I'm hoping that the firmware for the zoom card fixed by Alejandro Lamas
> >(http://hostap.epitest.fi/hostap/2002-08/1540.html) will work on the compaq
> >WL100 (and also WL200), as it is a prism2 card (HFA3841, NICID 0x8003)
> >(Alejandro: please confirm if you can).
> 
> I've tried to use this firmware on my Netgear MA401 by downloading it with:
> /prism2_srec -r eth2 01-S1010409.HEX
> 
> but it stated, that this file was no downloadable firmware, and flashing 
> it right down without trying seem a bit risky to me.
> Any suggestions?
> 
> >
> >To perform the actual flashing (tomorrow) I will be using the Intersil
> >windows utility (WinUpdate-0-5-1-0.exe) that is inside
> >(ftp://ftp.dlink.com/Wireless/DWL650/Firmware/dwl650_firmware_8c2.exe)  
> >(see
> >http://hostap.epitest.fi/hostap/2002-07/1379.html)
> 
> Please report your results!
> 
> >
> >Other option is to use the 1.3.4 firmware from netgear's MA401
> >(ftp://downloads.netgear.com/files/netgear1/MA401v200.zip) (see
> >http://hostap.epitest.fi/hostap/2002-07/1384.html)
> 
> This wouldn't make any big deal (e.g. firmwarebased WEP) I  believe?
> 
> I also could verify, that als 1.4.9 files I found so far, need a nic-id 
> of 800A and greater :-(
> 
> 
> Martin Polak
> 
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Robert Botha
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