[Angstrom-distro-users] Akita linksys WCF12 issue

[Joshua Layne]

On Thu, 13 Dec 2007 22:53:46 +0100 (CET), "Justin Albstmeijer"
<justin at VLAMea.nl> wrote:
> 
>>> <7>prism2_hw_init: initialized in 200 ms
>>> <6>wifi0: NIC: id=0x801b v1.0.0
>>> <6>wifi0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.0
>>> <6>wifi0: STA: id=0x1f v1.4.2
>>
>> Other than there being a difference between the akita and the h2200
> (which
>> I don't know enough about to rule out)  The only other major difference
> I
>> can see is the firmware revision of the card.  I upgraded mine to 1.1.0
> /
>> 1.7.2 (IIRC, definitely 1.7.something for the station firmware) before I
>> ever used it - I needed WPA support and 1.4.2 doesn't have it.
>>
>> Hopefully this is somewhat helpful
> 
> Thanks for your effort trying to help me out here.
> I'm not sure what you mean with "I upgraded mine to 1.1.0 / 1.7.2".. but
> if you mean loaded the loadable firmware 1.7.2.. that seems to be exactly
> what Angstrom is doing a few log lines later (1.7.4 in this case):
> 
> <4>wifi0: Warning: secondary station firmware version 1.4.2 does not seem
> to work in Host AP mode
> <7>wifi0: registered netdevice wlan0
> <7>prism2_download: dl_cmd=5 start_addr=0x003f0c01 num_areas=3
> <7>prism2_hw_init: initialized in 90 ms
> <7>prism2_hw_init: initialized in 30 ms
> <6>wifi0: NIC: id=0x801b v1.0.0
> <6>wifi0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.0
> <6>wifi0: STA: id=0x1f v1.7.4

OK, the difference is that I actually upgraded the firmware on the card. 
I'm not dynamically loading it in angstrom.

If I move my card to windows or any other system, the firmware is still
1.7.4 (and I think mine is 1.7.4, not 1.7.2)

hostap includes some utilities for doing this, although they required a
kernel recompilation for me (debian etch) - I think to 'deter' most users. 
I don't have the details with me right now, but if you can't find it
googling, I can dig it up.  There are also windows utilities available, but
the problem with those is you need to have a driver loaded to use them - I
was not able to find any driver for the WCF12 that worked under windows
(non-winCE).  Hoenstly - the linux hostap method works quite well,
kernel-recopmpilation not withstanding.... :P

I don't know why it might be different with a flashed firmware as opposed
to a loaded firmware, but it certainly seems to fall within the realm of
possibility.

Rgds,
Josh