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How to get Hostap Working with Prism2 Cards

Wlan-ng drivers are not included in BT2 v.2.0 final. This is how I get my SMC2532W-B to run under Hostap (also works with Senao NL-2511CD PLUS EXT2 -theprez98).

I shove the card in, and the wrong drivers get loaded:

Module                  Size  Used by
orinoco_cs             13576  1
orinoco                37280  1 orinoco_cs
hermes                  6272  2 orinoco_cs,orinoco

I remove the card, and:

bt ~ # rmmod orinoco_cs
bt ~ # rmmod orinoco
bt ~ # rmmod hermes
bt ~ # modprobe hostap_cs

Then reinsert the card.

Updated firmware users of Prism2 Cards

If your card still does not get recognized and is identified by "pccardctl info| grep MANFID" as 0x0156,0x0002 (for instance) you can patch hostap_cs.c (search for all instance of 0x0138 and replace it with 0x0156). The file is within kernel source directory which is usually /usr/src/linux* or do "find / -name hostap_cs.c. Afterwards, do the following:

- "pccardctl eject"

Removing the card physically after doing this command is optional however, do not forcefully remove the card or you will get kernel panic in a worst case scenario.

- "modprobe -r hostap_cs && modprobe -r hostap" 

You can use airdriver-ng to remove the card however I am unsure of the command

- "make clean && make modules && make modules_install". 

Make sure that your PWD is still in kernel source directory

- "pccardctl insert && modprobe hostap_cs"

If you have physically removed the card, you will not need to use pccardctl, just do modprobe hostap_cs

- Updated info by hatake_kakashi

Get Hostap drivers working permanently:

• Edit the blacklist

bt ~ # nano /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

• Scroll down to

# Modules used to run a wireless adapter...

• Edit to look like the following:

# blacklist hostap_cs
blacklist hostap_pci
blacklist hostap_plx
blacklist hostap
blacklist orinoco_cs
blacklist orinoco
blacklist hermes

• This method will blacklist orinoco/hermes drivers and if you have such cards, you will need to manually modprobe them.

• Another method is to try this out (unverified):

bt ~ # vim /etc/pcmcia/config

• Search for orinoco_cs

/orinoco_cs

• Keep hitting / until you see something like this:

card "Intersil PRISMII 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter"
  manfid 0x0156, 0x0002
  bind "orinoco_cs"

• Change it so it looks like this:

card "Intersil PRISMII 11 Mbps Wireless Adapter"
  manfid 0x0156, 0x0002
  bind "hostap_cs"

• You will then need to force overwrite to the read only file:

:x!

- hatake_kakashi