Re: Status of wi(4)

On Monday 08 December 2003 09:47 am, Soren Schmidt wrote:
> It seems Sam Leffler wrote:
> > > wi0: <NETGEAR MA401 Wireless PC Card> at port 0x100-0x13f irq 11
> > > function 0 config 1 on pccard0
> > > wi0: 801.11 address: 00:30:ab:11:69:a5
> > > wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841 CARD:HWB3163 rev.A
> > > wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (0.3.0), Station (0.8.3)
> > > wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> > > wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0002; event status 0x0008
> > > wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x0008
> > > wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear.
> > > wi0: init failed
> > > wi0: failed to allocate 2372 bytes on NIC
> > > wi0: tx buffer allocation failed (error 12)
> > > wi0: interface not running
> >
> > My MA401 w/ later station firmware (1.3.4) works fine.  The previous wi
> > problems were with Lucent cards and appear to have been resolved.
>
> No! lucents even with the newest firmware 8.x.x still doesn't work in
> either adhoc mode. I can get it to contact an AP but thats all..

My last testing of wi for Prism and Lucent both worked with adhoc mode.  I am 
aware of your issues with adhoc mode for atwi cards.  I will test again but, 
as usual, details are more useful than "it don't work".

	Sam