[Bug 21889] New: netgear WLAN Card & Prism54 driver

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           Summary: netgear WLAN Card & Prism54 driver
           Product: Ubuntu
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: i386
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: linux
        AssignedTo: ben.collins at ubuntu.com
        ReportedBy: m.schmidt at email.de
         QAContact: kernel-bugs at lists.ubuntu.com


Hi

I Have a netgear wlan card (PCMCIA) named WG511, the corresponding lspci output is: 
0000:02:00.0 Network Controler: Intersil Corporation Intersil ISL3890
[PrismGT/Prism Duette](rev 01)

Therefore, Ubuntu (the every morning dist-upgraded version of dapper drake)
loads the prism54 module. (The problem was there in breezy, too) The interface
shows as eth1, but ignores all attemts to configure it via iwconfig. It don't
accept the essid, nor the key, and ifconfig shows a total crappy MAC Adress (not
the one thats printed on the card).
So i tried the Windows drivers via ndiswrapper, and after a "modprobe -r
prism54" and a "modprobe -i ndiswrapper" it works fine. (and shows up as wlan0)
The main Problem was to figure out that the driver is kind of "half broken"...
if there had been no eth1, i whould have tried the ndiswrapper first... little
bit confusing.

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