Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3149 mails)

[David Smith <dsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Aug 01, 2002 at 10:14:06PM -0400, rtg@xxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Thu, 1 Aug 2002, Dave Smith wrote:
> 
> > network with which to test either machine.  Cards are identical Sitecom
> > PCMCIA models; I believe they use the Prism II chipset.  Linux machine
> > also has a PCI-PCMCIA adaptor, also by Sitecom.
> >
>   /snip/
> > Jul 31 19:27:45 4ttgate cardmgr[29127]: socket 0: ZCOMAX AirRunner/XI-300
>   /snip/
> 
> I just installed a D-Link DCF-650W on my laptop (SuSE 8.0) with a
> slightly-hacked CF-PCMCIA adapter.
> 
> I thought it strange that my card also identified itself to card services
> as a ZCOM XI-300.
> 
> I got mine going when I switched from 'kernel' to 'external' PCMCIA
> support, and added the following to my /etc/pcmcia/config:
> 
> card "D-Link DCF-650W"
> #card "Z-Com XI300 11Mb/s 802.11b WLAN Card"
>   manfid  0xd601, 0x0002
>   bind "wvlan_cs"

Hmm, done that, and it's behaving itself a bit more, and when I restart 
PCMCIA card services, I get (edited):
  
  Aug 12 16:04:09 4ttgate kernel: wvlan_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 5, io 0x0100-0x013f
  Aug 12 16:04:09 4ttgate kernel: wvlan_cs: Registered netdevice eth2
  Aug 12 16:04:09 4ttgate kernel: wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth2 is 00 60 b3 68 b2 34 
  Aug 12 16:04:09 4ttgate kernel: wvlan_cs: PrismII card, rev 0x8
  Aug 12 16:04:09 4ttgate kernel: wvlan_cs: Found firmware 0x8 (vendor 3) - Firmware capabilities : 1-0-0-0-1
  Aug 12 16:04:09 4ttgate cardmgr[30332]: + ./network: /var/run/hotplug/net-eth2: No such file or directory
  Aug 12 16:04:10 4ttgate ifup: No configuration found for eth-pcmcia-0 eth2

However, on trying to configure the card with ifconfig, it seems to run OK,
but in /var/log/messages:

  Aug 12 16:06:11 4ttgate kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth2: transmit timed out
  Aug 12 16:06:11 4ttgate kernel: wvlan_cs: eth2 Tx timed out! Resetting card
  Aug 12 16:06:11 4ttgate kernel: wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth2 is 00 60 b3 68 b2 34 
  Aug 12 16:06:11 4ttgate kernel: wvlan_cs: PrismII card, rev 0x8
  Aug 12 16:06:11 4ttgate kernel: wvlan_cs: Found firmware 0x8 (vendor 3) - Firmware capabilities : 1-0-0-0-1
  Aug 12 16:06:14 4ttgate kernel: eth2: no IPv6 routers present

Repeated ad infinitum.

Anyone any ideas?

TIA...