New Prism driver and WPA2

[Hiddenevil]

Hi guys

I've just installed the new prismv2 drivers and during the installed I was surprised to see it didn't asked me what network i was running. Instead it asked me for a pass phrase. I'm running a WPA2-personal network. Running AES and TKIP.

The manual doesn't really mention much about WPA2 and i was wondering what i enter in to the wireless prefs text file. In order to get the A1200 running.

[Hiddenevil]

Well i've had wireless working fine, but i wanted to get WPA2 running on account of it being more secure and thats also what all of our laptops are set to. I dont want to be entering in MAC addressed when ever a friend wants to log on to the wireless. Besides it's suppose to work lol

[Hiddenevil]

Hey chaps

Well its taken me the best part of the day but i fought the beast and won! Got both my Netgear cards flashed and now working on my A1200 via the WPA2 encrypted wifi. I realised it had to be the firmware, when the amiga logged on to wifi hotspot on my phone, which i had setup running WEP. So i installed the cards on a Win XP laptop to check, sure enough, no luck with the main wifi via Winblows.

Can't say how happy i am to have got this working. Will be making a write up on my blog tomorrow on how i got it all working. Hopefully it will aid everyone else who is struggling to get wifi on their migs

James

[Hiddenevil]

Thanks, it was touch and go. I've not really played around heavily with my Amiga's in ages. But after the last meet up of our club and hearing about the drivers. It was what i'd been hoping for. As i was fedup with swapping and changing the router's wifi settings whenever i wanted to use a WEP limited A1200. Now the old lad's caught up!

You just need a linux or windows based machine with a PCMCIA port. Not sure if you can get USB PCMCIA adaptors :-S

I'll be posting up what i did in a day or two. I'll do my best to help anyone if they need pointers.

[Hiddenevil]

Hi

The guide will be step by step to the best of my abilities. I'll list software I'm using as well as hardware :-)

I'll  post a link here when its up :-)

[Hiddenevil]

Ladies and gentlemen, the guide has been written and is just getting a once over be Rockape. Once that's done, I will post a link to it here on the forum for everyone to look at.

Regards
James

[Hiddenevil]

Damn there's always a catch!

[Hiddenevil]

I've yet to hear from Rockape, but as people are wanting to get their machines online

Here is the link
http://bytemyvdu.wordpress.com/

[Hiddenevil]

Thanks Rob, yep he left me a message I just hope this is of help to people out there, trying to get online

[Hiddenevil]

Hi there

If you want to send me your card i can certainly look in to it for you . However flashing my own cards and someone elses is another matter. I'd certainly want it to be clear that I cant be responsible for the sucess or failure.

I'm happy to offer fellow mig owners help, i just dont want to get shouted at if a card doesnt flash right :-(

Hey hiddenevil,
 
I want to ask one question. If I send you my netgear card by mail, pay for shipping and handling for both sending and receiving as well as a fee charge for doing the flashing for me, would you accept and flash the card for me?
 
Thanks in advance.
 
P.S "Better yet, can I just buy the card from you flashed and I will pay for the flashing fee and shipping and handling for sending the item to me. How is that?"

[Hiddenevil]

As you will be posting me your card, you will have a better idea about the postage costs then me :-) So long as the return postage is covered, will be fine. I would recommend placing your network card inside some stiff card if you plan on using a jiffy bag.

As for a USB adaptor for flashing your card, I've not looked in to this. I'd suggest Ebay :-)

[Hiddenevil]

Do you not know anyone with a laptop running XP or Linux that can help you? Seems a waste to be spending £10-15 on a PCI card might only use once.

btw i tried to email you my address and gmail bounced back your email address :-/

[Hiddenevil]

Sure i can send you my address, however i dont know the postage costs. You shall have to find those out when you come to posting the item to me. As i dont know how your packing the item etc.

Where are you posting from?

[Hiddenevil]

Wow! what a distance! Well tell you what, get the card over to me and when it comes time to posting it back. I'll let you know what the post office quotes me and you just wire me the funds? Hows that sound? :-) Dont worry about me flashing the card, I dont muck around with 20 year old computers to make money out of it lol

[Hiddenevil]

Hi guys!

Just want to tell you how happy it makes me. Hearing I've been able to help my fellow Amigan's! As my friend Rockape often reminds me, it's good to spread the wealth Be it lending hardware or an ear to tech problems and trying to sort them out

If anyone does have an issue with flashing their cards, such as they can't get to a laptop. I am happy to help out, as i have with one fellow already.

So long as you:
A. Dont blame me if for any unforeseen reason your card dies
B. Shout at me if I'm not able to flash it, because the firmware isn't compatible.
C. Cover the cost of posting it to and fro