Date: 14 Nov 2002 05:50:22 -0900 From: Damien Hull <dhull@digitaloverload.net> To: nkinkade@dsl-only.net Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: D-Link DWL-650 Message-ID: <1037285423.10979.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <20021113160341.GF72253@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211101228240.40444-100000@wonkity.com> <1037174820.8985.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20021113160341.GF72253@sub21-156.member.dsl-only.net>
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It's not a BIOS or jumper setting. It's a pcmcia config setting. Check out the file "/etc/defaults/pccard.conf". At the start of the file you should see something about IRQs. On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 07:03, Nathan Kinkade wrote: > On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 11:06:59PM -0900, Damien Hull wrote: > > > On Sun, 2002-11-10 at 10:32, Warren Block wrote: > > > Off-list reply... > > > > > > > I've got a Toshiba Tecra 700CT that I would like to connect to a > > > > wireless network. The wireless card I have is a D-Link DWL-650. > > > > > > This card works fine on my Tecra 8000. Make sure you don't have the > > > DWL-650A, which is Cardbus. > > > > > > > 3. When trying to pass traffic I get a "watchdog timeout" where the card > > > > times out instead of sending data. > > > > > > I think that's an interrupt error. On a machine that old, it may be an > > > ISA thing. First, look through your BIOS settings for PNP (Configure by > > > OS) and PC Card controller mode. On mine, I found that making these > > > settings worked the best for the various cards I had. (Although the > > > DWL-650 worked fine without them.) > > > > > > -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA > > > > I did some more searching and testing and everything I found seams to > > say the same thing you did. It's an IRQ problem. > > > > I tried different IRQs with out any luck. Again, the card looks > > configured but you can't pass any traffic. When I try to ping a host I > > get "watchdog timeout". > > > > I may end up using Linux on this laptop. > > When you say, "I tried different IRQs", what exactly do you mean? Is > the IRQ on the card jumperable, or do you mean that in the BIOS you set > certain IRQs to "ISA/Legacy" (or similiar) and others to "PCI/PnP"? If > you were just tweaking with BIOS settings, what settings did you > try? If you jumpered to card for a specific IRQ, which IRQs did you > try? Randomly picking IRQs is not a reliable test method. > > Nathan > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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