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[How To] UPDATED WITH VIDEO WPA on older IBM High rate cards

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[How To] UPDATED WITH VIDEO WPA on older IBM High rate cards

#1 Post by ganon11000 » Fri Mar 15, 2013 4:18 am

UPDATE: Video made here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGX97nIvS7o

Links to the Zip:
http://www.4shared.com/zip/OvTtZJ5Yba/174.html
https://www.mediafire.com/?dk36rdaoxf09kcd




*IGNORE THE STUFF BELOW THIS LINE AND WATCH THE VIDEO*

Hello,

Here is a "how to" add WPA on the prism 2.5 commonly known as "IBM High Rate Wireless card" (or a name that sounds like that)

step 1. use the tool from the lenovo site to update the firmware to v1.7.4

step 2. go to this wensite: http://support.fujitsupc.com/CS/Portal/ ... =DOWNLOADS and click "notebook" "P series" "P2120" and download the "WLAN - Intersil" driver in the windows xp compatible drivers (they work on xp pro!) mirrored here https://www.dropbox.com/s/asvan4znfv939 ... 0.4_XP.exe

step 3. extract the file and ignore all auto installers (close anything that pops up)

step 4. right click "my computer" and click manage

step 5. click device manager -> network adapters -> right click "IBM Hirh Rate Wireless" (or a similar name)

step 6. click update driver and click advanced (specific location) and then "I'll chose the driver"

step 7. click "have disk" then "browse"

step 8. find the driver file (normally C:\DRIVERS\Wireless LAN\Intersil 3.0.4\install\win XP\PRISMNIC.inf

step 9. click next until it installs clicking allow / ignore / yes to everything

step 10. connect to your router / AD-HOC and It will recognise WPA1 & WPA2!

I'm sending this from my prism 2.5 and my WPA1/2 router!

P.S. Thanks mklym for the card, it works really well :)
Last edited by ganon11000 on Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:33 am, edited 2 times in total.
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Re: [How To] [Tested} WPA on the older IBM High rate cards

#2 Post by ilakast » Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:32 pm

ganon11000 wrote:step 1. use the tool from the lenovo site to update the firmware to v1.7.4
Did you try that with your A31 in your signature? Reason I'm asking is because the firmware update you are referring to is for the T30, X30 (http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/IBM_High_ ... h_Modem_II) and I am looking to get WPA for my A30p (http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/IBM_High_ ... with_Modem). Installing the drivers you linked to, alone, gets only up to WEP encryption.
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Re: [How To] [Tested} WPA on the older IBM High rate cards

#3 Post by ajkula66 » Sun Oct 20, 2013 6:41 pm

@ilakast:

Why not just move to a newer card, unless you need the modem portion of it?
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Re: [How To] [Tested} WPA on the older IBM High rate cards

#4 Post by ilakast » Sat Oct 26, 2013 12:15 pm

Basically, this is mostly attempted as an experiment, cause this is always kept on a desk and connected through a wire. Moreover, as you mentioned, I use the modem portion of it for sending and receiving facsimiles.

So, I'm hoping that the OP will get to reply to this thread at some point :)
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Re: [How To] [Tested} WPA on the older IBM High rate cards

#5 Post by ganon11000 » Tue Oct 29, 2013 10:01 am

ilakast wrote:Basically, this is mostly attempted as an experiment, cause this is always kept on a desk and connected through a wire. Moreover, as you mentioned, I use the modem portion of it for sending and receiving facsimiles.

So, I'm hoping that the OP will get to reply to this thread at some point :)
I have arrived :p

And yes I did it with my A31 in my signature!

I believe I used the firmware from this site but I can't remember at the moment http://www.netgate.com/info/miniPCI/Pri ... /help.html

Edit: Just checked and I'm running AK010104.HEX (1.7.4) and FR010704.HEX (1.7.4)
I just made a zip for you and anyone else who needs it.

https://app.box.com/s/a9urf76u90k9cz10n522
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Re: [How To] [Tested} WPA on the older IBM High rate cards

#6 Post by ilakast » Sun Mar 16, 2014 2:34 pm

Just to update my story, as I got some time to tinker with my A30p again.

Basically I found this excellent page which is fail-proof.

Similarly to Frank from Poland (http://linux.junsun.net/intersil-prism/ ... M_A30p.txt) I upgraded the firmware (within linux) to v1.8.2 and now I am posting this from the WPA wirelessly connected A30p. :banana:
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Re: [How To] [Tested} WPA on the older IBM High rate cards

#7 Post by ganon11000 » Sat Mar 22, 2014 11:04 am

ilakast wrote:Just to update my story, as I got some time to tinker with my A30p again.

Basically I found this excellent page which is fail-proof.

Similarly to Frank from Poland (http://linux.junsun.net/intersil-prism/ ... M_A30p.txt) I upgraded the firmware (within linux) to v1.8.2 and now I am posting this from the WPA wirelessly connected A30p. :banana:
Glad you got it working :)
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Re: [How To] UPDATED WITH VIDEO WPA on older IBM High rate c

#8 Post by ganon11000 » Mon Aug 04, 2014 8:32 am

Video added :)
IBM Thinkpad A31 2.0GHz Pentium 4, 768MB RAM, 40GB HDD and a ATI 7500 16MB shimmed
Lenovo T420 4236-PA8: WiFi card replaced with a Broadcom one (fixes most DPC latency), 64GB Crucial M4 SSD added as OS drive, original HDD in a DVD to HDD caddy.

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