Wifi USB - SLAX

[myfriday]

Does the error message still say that the firmware is not found, or does it now load the firmware but not work.

The more I look, the more firmware versions that I find. You may want to try every firmware that may have a chance of working. Here are some more that you can try:

The prism54 firmwares

I found a debian how-o that says to use s different firmware version. remember, the firmwarte version s dependent on your kernel version.

prism54 - Debian Wiki

Yes it loads the firmware because it was already in the /lib/firmware/ directory. It works but when I try to connect to my unprotected wifi it doesnt connect

[pipein]

My WiFi used the same chipset (isl3887). To get it going in Ubuntu 9.04 I had to do two things.

Step 1:- Replace the firmware
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The isl3887usb_bare firmware that comes with the Ubuntu distros did not work for my wifi. Get the right firmware file for your kernel version from

linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/p54

To check your kernel version, open Terminal and type uname -r

Assumming you have kernel 2.6.28 download this firmware file:

daemonizer.de/prism54/prism54-fw/fw-usb/2.13.1.0.arm.1

then rename the file to isl3887usb_bare and put it in /lib/firmware

Step 2:- Install linux-wlan-ng Package
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Use the Synaptic Package Manager to install the linux-wlan-ng package (open Synaptic from the menu and type wlan into the search box). The linux-wlan-ng package comes with Ubuntu distros, I believe.

After that I plugged the wifi adatper in and it was detected and loaded the firmware (I had to experiment with the setup details a bit to connect to my router).

Hope this works for you too.

[waterhead]

Thank you for the information, I hope it helps myfriday get the wireless functioning. I believe it is a firmware problem too.

I also see a package named linux-wlan-ng-firmware. here is what is is:

This package doesn't contain the firmware files, but a script to download
the upstream source tarball and build a deb that contains them. Note that
only some adapters really need a firmware file and that firmware files are
not completely free (in the sense of freely redistributable), that's why
this package exists.

It may not help, but it's worth a try.

[myfriday]

My WiFi used the same chipset (isl3887). To get it going in Ubuntu 9.04 I had to do two things.

Step 1:- Replace the firmware
---------

The isl3887usb_bare firmware that comes with the Ubuntu distros did not work for my wifi. Get the right firmware file for your kernel version from

linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/p54

To check your kernel version, open Terminal and type uname -r

Assumming you have kernel 2.6.28 download this firmware file:

daemonizer.de/prism54/prism54-fw/fw-usb/2.13.1.0.arm.1

then rename the file to isl3887usb_bare and put it in /lib/firmware

Step 2:- Install linux-wlan-ng Package
--------

Use the Synaptic Package Manager to install the linux-wlan-ng package (open Synaptic from the menu and type wlan into the search box). The linux-wlan-ng package comes with Ubuntu distros, I believe.

After that I plugged the wifi adatper in and it was detected and loaded the firmware (I had to experiment with the setup details a bit to connect to my router).

Hope this works for you too.

Ok thanks this worked.