HostAP problem

[Jason Boxman]

HostAP said:

> Hi,
>
> I have a debian woody with latest 2.4.20 and Lucent/Orinoco (avaya) 2.4
> Ghz card in PCI->PCMCIA
> converter handled by cardbus. (like laptop)
>
> I wish to make an access point with linux.
>
> I tried to install HostAP, but is not successfully:
>
> /etc/init.d/pcmcia restart
>
> /var/log/syslog:
> .
> .
> .
> hostap_cs: setting Vcc=50 (from config)
> Checking CFTABLE_ENTRY 0x01 (default 0x01)
> IO window settings: cfg->io.nwin=1 dflt.io.nwin=1
> io->flags = 0x0046, io.base=0x0000, len=64
> hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 11, io 0x0100-0x013f
> hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wlan0
> prism2_hw_init()
> prism2_hw_config(): initialized 3664 iterations
> wlan0: NIC: id=0x01 v4.2.1
> wlan0: PRI: id=0x15 v4.2.1
> wlan0: STA: id=0x1f v8.42.1

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

That's not a Prism2 card, is it?  The firmware versions are all wrong.

<snip>
> So i think my firmware not good, but it now downloaded from agere.com,
> 1.4-5.x has for everybody
> What can i do ?
> Where from can i to download good firmware or what kind of wireless card
> good for me? (vendor & prod)
>
> Best Regards
>
> Laszlo Halasz
> Hungary
>
>