Hiding SSID / STA f/w 1.7.x

[Pavel Roskin]

On Tue, 15 Jul 2003, Jouni Malinen wrote:

> Just download any WPA update for Prism2/2.5/3 cards, e.g., from Linksys:
>
> ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/wpc11v3_driver_utility_053003.exe
>
> You will need to extract the firmware files with strings(1) and then
> separate them into suitable files with utils/split_combined_hex.

Got it.  Thanks!  Actually, it's version 1.7.1 for Prism 2 and 1.7.4 for
Prism 2.5 and USB.  Still, it's very good news for OpenAP.  It's also good
for owners of Prism 2 cards.

I have a crazy idea to make another release of openap-ng that would keep
its configuration not in the ROM, but in the card's PDA as a "private
item".  It would use CVS HostAP and update the firmware to 1.7.1 at
startup.  An important feature would be faking the MAC address on the
ethernet port, which would allow using the AP with a cable modem that
learns just one MAC address.  Sorry for offtopic, but the OpenAP mailing
list has been dead for weeks.

If anybody has seen any flashable firmware for Prism2 newer than 1.4.9
please let me know - it would save some space on the OpenAP image by
eliminating RAM download.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin