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New Prism 2.5/3 Win9X/2K/XP drivers with WPA support

PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:01 am
by spec
Hi,
I'm using various Prism-2.5 cards (Netgear MA311 PCI, Z-Com
XI-626)

As you (might) know you, for WPA to work on Windows XP you need

1. A network card with a suitable firmware (Prism2.5/3 with
1.7.4) 2. A network card driver compatible with Windows XP
Wireless Zero configuration 3. A network card driver that also
has the WPA supplement built-in

So far I have #1 and #2, but I'm missing #3.

After googling the internet for 4 hours I just
found "only" one WPA driver for a Prism-2.5 (mini-)PCI card for
Win9X/2K/XP

http://support.fujitsupc.com/CS/Portal/support.do?srch=DOWNLOADS

choose
"Notebook", "P-Series" and "P2120" in the search engine
-----------------------------------------------
Network adapters : Wireless LAN
Intersil PRISM Wireless LAN PCI Card
Version: 04/10/2003, 3.0.4
Release Notes:
This driver adds WPA support to the Intersil Prism 2.5 Wireless
card.


Restrictions:

1)WPA is supported in Windows XP with Hotfix Q815485, KB826942 or
ServicePack 2. Use Windows Update to install these updates.

2)Windows 2000 and Windows ME will need third-party client
software to support WPA.

3)Under all Operating Systems: When the Access Point's SSID is
set to "Not Broadcast", the Wireless card's "802.11D" property
must be changed from "default" to "none". This setting is found
on the "Advanced" tab of the Intersil PRISM Wireless LAN PCI Card
Properties, accessible from Windows Device Manager.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:22 am
by G8tK33per
Your crosspost has been removed. Don't do it again.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:38 am
by spec
Ok, sorry for the double post :)

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In this new driver is also new wlan utility.Some new settins in this drivers...

802.11D control - None / Flexible / Strict
AdHoc Demo mode - Enable / Disable
APDensity - Low / Medium / High
FirmwareDownload - Enable / Disable
Passive Scan Dwell time - default 120
RSSItune - default 8

PostPosted: Tue Jun 22, 2004 10:45 am
by G8tK33per
spec wrote:Ok, sorry for the double post :)

No biggie...live and learn.

PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 10:50 am
by spec
spec wrote:Hi,
I'm using various Prism-2.5 cards (Netgear MA311 PCI, Z-Com
XI-626)

As you (might) know you, for WPA to work on Windows XP you need

1. A network card with a suitable firmware (Prism2.5/3 with
1.7.4) 2. A network card driver compatible with Windows XP
Wireless Zero configuration 3. A network card driver that also
has the WPA supplement built-in

So far I have #1 and #2, but I'm missing #3.

After googling the internet for 4 hours I just
found "only" one WPA driver for a Prism-2.5 (mini-)PCI card for
Win9X/2K/XP

http://support.fujitsupc.com/CS/Portal/support.do?srch=DOWNLOADS

choose
"Notebook", "P-Series" and "P2120" in the search engine
-----------------------------------------------
Network adapters : Wireless LAN
Intersil PRISM Wireless LAN PCI Card
Version: 04/10/2003, 3.0.4
Release Notes:
This driver adds WPA support to the Intersil Prism 2.5 Wireless
card.


Restrictions:

1)WPA is supported in Windows XP with Hotfix Q815485, KB826942 or
ServicePack 2. Use Windows Update to install these updates.

2)Windows 2000 and Windows ME will need third-party client
software to support WPA.

3)Under all Operating Systems: When the Access Point's SSID is
set to "Not Broadcast", the Wireless card's "802.11D" property
must be changed from "default" to "none". This setting is found
on the "Advanced" tab of the Intersil PRISM Wireless LAN PCI Card
Properties, accessible from Windows Device Manager.


Must download Windows XP Compatible Drivers / WLAN Intersil
V3.0.4 / 2.2MB

PostPosted: Wed Jun 23, 2004 9:19 pm
by spec

PostPosted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 11:16 am
by spec
Updated driver ver. 3.00.08.0236 Win2K / XP is here:

http://www.pretaktovanie.sk/download/intersil/prismnds.sys

PostPosted: Sun Jun 27, 2004 5:30 am
by danielj
I not tested this driver yet, but it is for a ASKEY WLL030 card
that have the Prism 2.5 chipset on it

363Kb for XP
http://www.mitacservice.com/visitor/fcabdl.asp?fid=114881206

There is drivers for Win98, WinME and Win2K also. Just check for WLAN
drivers on the 8640SH machine.

Senao cards

PostPosted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 4:34 am
by tyronousfonus
I'm kinda new to this, so please bear with me. I'm using the CB3 from Senao. I don't like the web based software to measure signal strength and communication quality. Is there another software that could with this particulay card? NL2611CB3. It is POE (power over ethernet)
Thanks

PostPosted: Sun Aug 08, 2004 8:23 am
by wrzwaldo
tyronousfonus wrote:I'm kinda new to this, so please bear with me. I'm using the CB3 from Senao. I don't like the web based software to measure signal strength and communication quality. Is there another software that could with this particulay card? NL2611CB3. It is POE (power over ethernet)
Thanks


What does this have to do with this topic?

PostPosted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:10 pm
by spec
spec wrote:Updated driver ver. 3.00.08.0236 Win2K / XP is here:

http://www.pretaktovanie.sk/download/intersil/prismnds.sys



!!!!!! NEW update: Prism 2/2.5/3 PCI/PCMCIA ver. 3.1.3.31 !!!!!!

http://www.pretaktovanie.sk/download/intersil/prismnds.sys

Added compatibility for Microsoft Windows XP SP2
Improvements to the stability of Wi-Fi Protected Access (WPA)

PostPosted: Sun Dec 05, 2004 9:28 am
by dbman190
How do you update a driver without a .INF file?

How I did it: WPA on Linksys WPC11 version 1 (v1/Prism2)

PostPosted: Mon May 16, 2005 2:39 am
by jilchev
dbman190 wrote:How do you update a driver without a .INF file?

What I have is Linksys WPC11 version 1 (v1/Prism2)
Just downloaded the latest drivers from Linksys (dated 20020531 http://www.linksys.com/download/driver.asp?dlid=49&osid=6 WDT11&WPC11 combined driver) extracted it.
Found the WPC11-WDT11\Driver\ndis51\ folder and overwrite the [prismnds.sys] file there! :)
(from: http://www.pretaktovanie.sk/download/intersil/prismnds.sys Many Thanks to spec ;) )
Than installed the driver as usual!

Note: Unfortunately WPA/TKIP supported only not WPA2/AES!
But it's fine for me and is much better WEP!

Prism drivers

PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 12:25 pm
by skizziks
I have the Intersil HFA3841 Driver programmers manual in pdf format if anyone needs it....

PostPosted: Wed May 25, 2005 1:14 pm
by wrzwaldo
skizziks wrote:I have the Intersil HFA3841 Driver programmers manual in pdf format if anyone needs it....


Is that a PD document or is there some non-disclosure stuff attached to it?