Prism54 "islsm" Driver for Intersil Prism GT adaptors with softmac firmware
for Puppy Linux v2 with kernel 2.6.16.7
from http://jbnote.free.fr/prism54usb/
compiled May 2006.

The latest Prism G-mode chipsets are "softmac" versions with smaller firmware (ISL3886).  Some Cardbus devices and ALL USB devices have this firmware.
Use the Prism54-fullmac driver for older Cardbus and PCI devices.  See the "Supported device list" section at http://prism54.org/newdrivers.html


INSTRUCTIONS  (this README is found in /root/my-applications)

## load the drivers
modprobe islsm
modprobe islsm_device
modprobe islsm_usb  # or islsm_pci
## if no error messages, this should create a network interface, eth0
## can check this by running ifconfig -a
ifconfig eth0 up  #(sometimes necessary)
## it should now be possible to use WAG (Wireless Access Gadget) to connect to a wireless network
## or continue to set up the wireless network manually -
iwconfig eth0 essid MY_ESSID key 1234567890 mode managed
## for automatic IP
## first remove stale dhcpcd file if it exists
rm /etc/dhcpc/*.pid
dhcpcd -t 30 -h puppypc -d eth0
## or for static IP
## modify /etc/resolv.conf to include your nameservers
#ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.xx broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
#route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0   # or whatever your router's IP is

A script is provided with these commands; /root/my-applications/bin/prism54-softmac-connect
Just modify the script to include your wireless settings.