Any ideas how to get this device to be recognised by 2.1's tcp stack.

I've copied the device to devs/network and created a prism20.config file in Env-Archive.

But with no results is there something I have missed? a config file? or is this not possible?

Thanks Gaz

i don't think that it is supported it has it's own, nic built in. I had a thread on this awhile back as i thought the serial port could support dial up assuming you're using it on a efika...otherwise wait for more responses.

All right. Let's start.

First you have to know that these PCI cards are supported by now:

1. 3COM -> 3CRDW696
2. D-Link -> DWL-520 (Hardware revision B2 or earlier)
3. Netgear -> MA311

After you have downloaded the prism2.device archive you need to copy the native version of prism2.device into Devs:Networks and SetPrism2Defaults in C:.

You will need nothing else from the archive.

Open a CLI and enter the following:

> Ed EnvArc:SYS/Interfaces

You have to change some settings there. By default you must see this:

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xxx.xxx = marks your own numbers etc.

So you have to insert the following line:

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Don't forget to remark (;) the old line.

Save the text file and config the SetPrism2Defaults to your needs. Reboot and you must be ready.

I hope that helps.

No matter what changes i make to the Interfaces file the Morphos preferences network list doesnt change :(

I've tried replacing eth0 and eth1 and also adding eth2 all to no avail, any ideas?

BTW i'm altering the file in SYS:prefs/env-archive/sys and then rebooting.

Gaz

It won't be listed since this driver doesn't have a "query header". But it doesn't mean it doesn't work.

hello, I just got the D-Link 520+ (hope the + doesn't make any difference!) revision B2 off ebay. So far i've not got it working but I think that's because of the SetPrism2Defaults details (I've done the Interfaces part fine).

It's been a while since I properly used my Peg for "under-the-bonnet" stuff and it's throwing me off kilter! LOL

I read the docs for SetPrism2Defaults and it says to set the SSID {name} which works in CLI, and the KEY (numbers) or TEXTKEY (letters)....this one doesn't work as it says that TEXTKEY *has* to be 5 or 13 characters long whereas our wepkey is 8 long.

Also - do I have to just enter these details once via CLI, or do I have to put a ling in user-started such as "MOSSYS:C/SetPrism2Defaults SSID {network} TEXTKEY {wepkey}" ???

Cheers!
Sam

ahhhh. Seems it does not support WPA, only WEP. DARN! I can't be changing from WPA to WEP....!

So does this mean you could use a suitable card in the PCMCIA slot on the Powerbook if/when MorphOS comes out for that?

Oh, no PCMCIA drivers?

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Too bad the 68k A1200 PCMCIA Prism2 driver is of no use on the G4 PowerMac, or G4 PowerBook. It would be great to be able to use wireless networking via the Prism2 compatible PCMCIA cards on either of those G4 Mac's when MorphOS is ready for release on them (PowerBook next year, if not later this year, I hope). Better still would be support for the internal Airport cards, but I don't think anyone is even working on MorphOS support for those yet.

I am not sure the Prism2 compatible PCMCIA wireless network card I am using in my A1200 would fit into my G4 PowerMac due to the extra length of the card for the antennae. The Airport cards are shorter with a wire connection for an antennae.

> no PCMCIA drivers?

Apparently:

"There are no plans to add PCMCIA support at the moment. I'd think of that as unlikely to happen."
https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=7332&forum=11&post_id=76065#76065

I wonder if there is some way of hacking the A1200/A600 68k support for PCMCIA slots to work on Apple PCMCIA slots when running MorphOS2.x?

I wouldn't know where to even start looking to make that work, but would guess that Amiga support for PCMCIA slots must be within the Kickstart ROMs for the A1200 & A600, unless it is handled by an extra on the motherboard chip on those models.

I just confirmed that the slot for the Airport card in my G4 PowerMac tower is the same as the slot in the A1200/A600 physically, but as someone stated, I doubt any Prism2 compatible wireless NIC cards would fit, due to their length, without some serious ugly hacking of the PowerMac case so you could close it with the longer PCMCIA card installed.

I would support a bounty to get either Prism2 compatible wireless NIC cards supported for use by MorphOS2.x in a G4 PowerBook, or better than that, for someone to write drivers to support Apple's Airport wireless NIC cards in all of the G4 & G5 models currently supported by MorphOS2.x and those shown in proof of concept screen shots that hopefully will be supported by MorphOS in the not too distant future.

I know the "Team" has stated that no one is even working on wireless support yet, so it must be a difficult task that none of them has decided to take up the challenge to complete. So, perhaps we should think about starting a bounty to find someone that has the time and skills to work on wireless support of one kind or another for MorphOS2.x and build up the donated amount enough to make it worth someone's time and effort to get it done?

How many members here would support such a bounty with money donations?


[ Edited by amigadave on 2011/3/20 12:53 ]

[ Edited by amigadave on 2011/3/20 12:56 ]

The airport slot in the G4 is physically the same as a normal pcmcia slot unfortunately is not electronically the same (apple swapped a couple of pins to stop people buying far cheaper network cards and to make them airport cards). Though if my memory is correct if you get an airport card for it is just a re branded and rewired gold card so should be supported by the prism2 driver.

I could test it as I have a number of airport cards but I'm working away from home at the moment and wont be back to the cards or my G4 for a couple of weeks. Although I never did get the Netgear card working in my Peg :(

Gaz

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Really?!? I think I remember reading something like that a long time ago, so that makes sense the way Apple is always trying to control what their customers buy and make an extra buck on everything.

I have an Airport card in my G4 PowerMac, so if it really is Prism2 compatible it would be easier to get it working if someone could just write the code to make MorphOS2.x recognize and support the G4 PowerMac's Airport slot. That is probably a whole lot less work than writing native wireless support Airport card drivers for MorphOS2.x to use and support for the slot in the G4 PowerMac (and later for the G4 PowerBooks) would still be required as part of getting any wireless NIC PCMCIA card working. Assuming that the Amiga 68k Prism2 driver works from MorphOS2.x.

I'll have to go back and re-read the thread about the guy running MorphOS1.x on his PPC A1200 and trying to get his Prism2 wireless NIC working to see if he had any success.

Wikipedia and my memory agree on this one.

The original model, known as simply AirPort Card, was a re-branded Lucent WaveLAN/Orinoco Gold PC card, in a modified housing that lacked the integrated antenna.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AirPort#AirPort_802.11b_Card

So it should be theoretically possible to get the original airport working on a G4 and hopefully on the powerbook when it is supported.

The main problem is that this would only give us WEP wireless which is a problem if travelling as almost all the networks I come across are WPA and also a problem at home becasue of the ease that WEP networks can be cracked.

> it should be theoretically possible to get the original airport working on a G4
> and hopefully on the powerbook when it is supported.

The PowerBook G4 models MorphOS is supposed to support have AirPort Extreme, which is based on a Broadcom chipset and thus not likely to be Prism2 compatible.

Good point about the PowerBook Airport Extreme not being compatible, but if we can get the PCMCIA slot supported on the PowerBook, we might be able to use the same wireless NIC's that are used in the A1200 with the Prism2 driver.

At least there is hope that it is possible to some day get support for both the G4 PowerMacs using an original Airport card and the G4 PowerBooks, if we can use the PCMCIA slot.

Now all we need to do is find someone that is qualified to work on it and raise enough money to make it worth their time and effort.

Edit: Of course, that is only if the Dev. Team still has no interest or time to do it themselves.

[ Edited by amigadave on 2011/3/20 19:52 ]

> G4 PowerMacs using an original Airport card

Just want to add that the FW800 model has AirPort Extreme as well.

@amigadave:

I want to point out that there is always the possibility of using an external WLan-Ethernet Bridge, like the USB-powered ASUS WL-330gE, which also provides WPA/WPA2 encryption, it's more secure than the old Prism2 cards with WEP or no encrytion at all.

A long time ago (when I used a MA311-card in my Peg2) I added some "query header" data (with the help of tokai) and that made the device to show up in the settings.
I dunno if this work any longer, but incase you want to test it it's included in this archive : www.onyxsoft.se/stefan/beta/prism2.zip

The compiled device is under the source-drawer...

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Thanks, but I was already aware that some people are using an external WLan-Ethernet Bridge to accomplish an Internet connection where it is impractical to run only an Ethernet cable directly from the source device from your ISP and that such a connection is more secure than the WEP encryption we can get using any Prism2 device.

I don't do any work from my MorphOS systems yet that I am concerned about security, so WEP is fine with me for now on just my MorphOS systems. I do all my banking or online purchasing and any other online browsing that needs to be secure from a more secure system.

Having a working Prism2 Airport card, or other Prism2 compatible wireless NIC for use with MorphOS2.x is more about convenience and less devices & wires. Specially when the G4 PowerBook support is released, hopefully later this year.

Sigh, as much as I hate to cite Wikipedia, here goes:

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So, no PCMCIA cards are electronically compatible with the Airport slot, and no mini-pci cards are mechanically compatible with the Airport Extreme slot. Except Apple's own, of course.

Sorry dude!

> no PCMCIA cards are electronically compatible with the Airport slot

I think that has been established before in this thread:

https://morph.zone/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=6042&forum=11&post_id=82520#82520

> no mini-pci cards are mechanically compatible with the
> Airport Extreme slot. Except Apple's own, of course.

Nobody here suggested using Mini-PCI cards other than Apple's in an AirPort Extreme slot.

@boot_wb,

I would hope that the card slot on the side of my G4 PowerBook is backward compatible with other PCMCIA card slots, such as the one's found on the A1200/A600?

I understand now that Apple made the internal Airport slots non-compatible with any other manufacturer's products.

I'm the author of prism2.device, and I'd be willing to consider a bounty to produce a WPA1 (TKIP) capable driver for the original Apple AirPort card.

Non-Apple wireless cards can work in the AirPort slot, but most are too big to fit properly in the case. There are however some compact IBM and Sony branded cards that can be used in the AirPort slot, even with MacOS. It's true that AirPort cards can't be used in normal PCMCIA slots though.

Will be nice to see that driver for MorphOS.