Prism54 driver ((Prism Javeli/Xbow)

[John Summerfield]

On Friday 26 November 2004 20:14, Peter Lesterhuis wrote:
> Recently I installed FC3 succesfully. But I don't have access to the
> internet because of (I think) of the abcense of a driver for the wireless
> network card.
> The card itself is detected by the hardware browser (Intersel
> Corporation ISL3886 [Prism Javelin/Prism Xbow]). But trying to make it
> work (Gnome-system conf. wizard-wireless connection-select wireless
> device) gets me no further. My card is not mentioned in the screen
> "select wireless device" and when I select the only option "other wireless
> card" I have to select an ethernet-adapter. Mine is not on the list.
> I tried to find a driver on the linuxant website, but among the prism
> drivers, the Javelin/Xbow type is not there.
> The prism54.org website indicates that support for Xbow/Javelin "is yet
> to come".
> How can I solve this problem? Is there another driver available? Anyone
> dealt with this before?

This care may work with ndiswrapper plus the Windows driver.

Your circumstances are about the only ones for which I recomment ndiswrapper; 
I prefer card with establshed Linux drivers because that rewards the 
companies that help us.


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Cheers
John