From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Nov 13 0: 5:37 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFB4137B401 for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:05:36 -0800 (PST) Received: from vger.digitaloverload.net (119-4-237-24-cable.anchorageak.net [24.237.4.119]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AFE543E6E for ; Wed, 13 Nov 2002 00:05:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from dhull@digitaloverload.net) Received: from [10.1.1.9] (space [10.1.1.33]) by vger.digitaloverload.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 57D4D38BF; Tue, 12 Nov 2002 23:05:29 -0900 (AKST) Subject: Re: D-Link DWL-650 From: Damien Hull To: Warren Block Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 12 Nov 2002 23:06:59 -0900 Message-Id: <1037174820.8985.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG 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. 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 > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message