Re: wireless lan problem

From: Gerald Mixa <Gerald.Mixa_at_symicon.de>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 19:45:44 +0200
On Tuesday 10 June 2003 19:18, you wrote:
> "David O'Brien" <obrien_at_freebsd.org> writes:
> > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 01:41:04PM +0200, Gerald Mixa wrote:
> >> ihave got a i386 Laptop and have installed FreeBSD5.1 today, before I
> >> had 5.0. Now I do have the following problem:
> >>
> >> when I want to install my elsa MC11 wireless pcmcia card and I
> >> do
> >> ifconfig wi0 inet 192.168.0.X ....
> >> wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear
> >
> > What firmware did the wi(4) driver say you have?  I bet 6.x.y.  I just
> > "fixed" this for me by upgrading my firmware to 8.72.1.  Get it from
> > http://www.expressresponse.com/cgi-bin/proxim02/showFaq.cgi?session_id=10
> >55265419.6837.7&type=&product=Client_Product
>
> I get the same with a Compaq WL110. I can get more info when I get
> home, if needed.
>
> -Luis Castro
Ok. the firmware revision is 7.28.1. Actually I played around a little bit and 
when I do NOT initialize the bultin rl8139 card in my sony vaio PCG-fx705 the 
wireless lan works fine. Actually for me it seems its not possible to have 
both of them up and running, but I do not understand why. 
Received on Tue Jun 10 2003 - 08:45:52 UTC

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