From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Oct 1 19:31:33 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 539A016A4CE for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 19:31:33 +0000 (GMT) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1.jnielsen.net [69.55.238.237]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3069C43D41 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 19:31:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: from ns1.jnielsen.net (ns1 [69.55.238.237]) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9) with ESMTP id i91JVW7j011617 for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 12:31:32 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) Received: (from www@localhost) by ns1.jnielsen.net (8.12.9p2/8.12.9/Submit) id i91JVW1c011616 for mobile@freebsd.org; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 13:31:32 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from lists@jnielsen.net) X-Authentication-Warning: ns1.jnielsen.net: www set sender to lists@jnielsen.net using -f Received: from NURSE400V-GX270.byu.edu (NURSE400V-GX270.byu.edu [128.187.131.3]) by webmail.jnielsen.net (IMP) with HTTP for ; Fri, 1 Oct 2004 13:31:32 -0600 Message-ID: <1096659092.415db0949d674@webmail.jnielsen.net> Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 13:31:32 -0600 From: John Nielsen To: mobile@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit User-Agent: Internet Messaging Program (IMP) 3.2.5 / FreeBSD-4.9 X-Virus-Scanned: clamd / ClamAV version 0.75.1, clamav-milter version 0.75c on ns1.jnielsen.net X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Network Everywhere (Linksys) NP100 PCMCIA card X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Oct 2004 19:31:33 -0000 I have an older laptop (Thinkpad 365XD) that I'm trying to bring (somewhat) up to speed. It has no onboard ethernet, but it does have two 16-bit PCMCIA slots. I picked up the only 16-bit network card I could find at a local retailer, which was the Network Everywhere (i.e. low-end Linksys) NP100 card. The card works fine under Windows (and even DOS). I installed FreeBSD 5.3-BETA3 onto the laptop, built a kernel with OLDCARD options, and enabled pccardd. When I insert the network card into the slot, it is recognized correctly and attached to the 'ed' driver. However, the detected MAC address is wrong (it begins 1b:...), and the card seems to operate in "write-only" mode. For instance, a request for a DHCP lease will be sent and the server will respond, but the laptop never reads the response and eventually gets a timeout error. I was wondering if anyone else has had any experince with this card (good or bad) under any 4.x or 5.x version of FreeBSD. I found a few threads on Google but none of them seemed applicable (except perhaps the ones advising against using this particular card). It seems that this card was added to /etc/defaults/pccard.conf in the not-too-distant past, but I couldn't find the relevant commit logs or any discussion about it. Some of the threads I found talked about a revision 2 card; mine appears to be a revision 3. Any input would be very welcome. Please CC me as I am not currently subscribed to the list. Thank you, JN