I have never tried 1.5.6, but I have not heard anything bad about it.

I have a 1.3.6 upgrade for Prism II NICs. I am still seeking later version
1.49 and later for Prism II, because 1.3.6 will not reliably do a proper
IBSS merge.

Dave

On Tue, Mar 11, 2003 at 08:54:09PM -0600, Peter Seebach wrote:
> In message <20030312025243.GD10422@che.onthejob.net>, David Young writes:
> >You are using firmware 1.4.2 on the AP, aren't you? 1.4.2 broke HostAP.
> >1.4.9 fixes it. You can download 1.4.9 firmware from demarctech.com
> >or netgate.com.
> 
> Cool!  Is 1.5.6 also viable, or is that too experimental?  :)
> 
> I take it the only upgrade path involves Windows?
> 
> >I have patched my local sources to detect 1.4.2 and disable HostAP mode.
> 
> >Sadly, I am sitting on a few very useful patches, both original and
> >contributed.  Not too much longer, I hope.
> 
> While I'm at it:  Is it possible to apply these upgrades to Prism 2 (not 2.5)
> hardware?  I have never been able to get any confirmation of firmware upgrade
> compatibility from Linksys, Intersil, or anyone.  Intersil said that, for
> $50,000, they'd answer simple questions like "can this card ever be debugged".
> 
> -s

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