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- | ====== Flasheando Prism2 ====== | ||
- | ===== Windows ===== | ||
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- | Lo más sencillo es actualizar el firmware con [[http:// | ||
- | Esto requiere tener instalado [[http:// | ||
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- | ==== Pasos a seguir ==== | ||
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- | - Conecta tu tarjeta | ||
- | - Inicia WinUpdate. If you have only one prism card running, it will detect it. If you have more than one, it allows you to select one to | ||
- | - Pick the right primary and station firmware files. It is safest if you upgrade the companion versions of them together. Some times it is OK to just upgrade station firmware. According to Pavel Roskin, " | ||
- | - Click " | ||
- | - Click " | ||
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- | ===== Linux ===== | ||
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- | To update the firmware, you'll need prism2_srec from the hostap-utils (and hostap loaded) package; if it's not present on your system, download and compile hostap-utils: | ||
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- | wget http:// | ||
- | tar -xvzf hostap-utils-0.4.7.tar.gz | ||
- | cd hostap-utils-0.4.7 | ||
- | make | ||
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- | Some Prism2 cards have been restricted to a certain set of channels because of country regulation. You can activate all 14 channels (it may be illegal) with the following commands: | ||
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- | ./ | ||
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- | Edit **pda** and put 3FFF at offset 0104 (line 24). Finally, download the firmware and flash your card.\\ | ||
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- | If the NIC id is between 0x8002 and 0x8008: | ||
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- | wget http:// | ||
- | ./ | ||
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- | otherwise | ||
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- | wget http:// | ||
- | wget http:// | ||
- | ./ | ||
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- | ==== Recommended firmware ==== | ||
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- | You can check your firmware' | ||
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- | # dmesg | grep wifi | ||
- | hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0 | ||
- | wifi0: NIC: id=0x800c v1.0.0 | ||
- | wifi0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1 | ||
- | wifi0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4 | ||
- | wifi0: registered netdevice wlan0 | ||
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- | or | ||
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- | # hostap_diag wlan0 | ||
- | NICID: id=0x800c v1.0.0 (PRISM II (2.5) Mini-PCI (SST parallel flash)) | ||
- | PRIID: id=0x0015 v1.1.1 | ||
- | STAID: id=0x001f v1.7.4 (station firmware) | ||
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- | With [[http:// | ||
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- | If the NIC id above is between 0x8002 and 0x8008, you have an old Prism2 and MUST use STA firmware version 1.5.6 (s1010506.hex). Otherwise, you should use PRI 1.1.1 / STA 1.7.4 which is the most stable firmware version for newer Prism2 cards. Do NOT use firmware 1.7.1 or 1.8.x, people have reported having trouble with them. | ||
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- | ==== Firmware files ==== | ||
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- | Firmware files are S-record files with .hex (or .HEX) suffix. S-record is a format to denote binary files, including their memory locations, in ASCII format. The base name of the file follows a certain convention. You can find more details in this [[http:// | ||
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- | A image file looks like the following: | ||
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- | **< | ||
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- | * type can be I (Initial), P (Primary), S (Secondary), | ||
- | * platform is a 1-character platform ID, which has to do with your NICID. Refer to the release ID table. | ||
- | * Version_Major/ | ||
- | * Version_Variant is a 2-character version variant. | ||
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- | For example | ||
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- | pk010004.hex | ||
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- | sf010409.hex | ||
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- | s1010409.hex | ||
- | Station firmware v1.4.9 for NICID 8003, 8008. | ||
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- | This document may also help: [[http:// |