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Date:      Wed, 6 Aug 2003 17:50:15 -0400
From:      <rcoughl@bellatlantic.net>
To:        <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Question concerning wireless network interface (SMC 2632W)
Message-ID:  <003601c35c64$bb6eed80$1102a8c0@vitria.ad.vitriacorp.com>

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I am currently trying to install FreeBSD on a Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. =
 The configuration was going well but when I try to configure (i.e. run =
pccardd) the wireless network card (SMC 2632W), the system hangs up.  At =
one point, the card was working but when trying to configure the =
XWindows interface, everything went haywire so I blew away the BSD =
install and reinstalled.  I have done a deinstall/reinstall several =
times and still the same result.  I know the card works because I =
installed Windows 2000 Server after experiencing this problem and =
everything with the card worked fine.  Do I need a package for the SMC =
card?  Possible IRQ conflict?  Any help or insight you could provide =
would be greatly appreciated.

Results of pccardd:

    Aug 1 18:33:28 pccardd[149]: Card "SMC"("SMC2632W") [Version 01.02] =
[] matched "SMC" (SMC2632W") [)null)] [(null)]
    wi0 at port 0x240-0x27f irq 11 slot 0 on pccard0

    At this point the machine hangs...

Results of uname -a:

    FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE FreeBSD 4.8-RELEASE #0:  Thu Apr 3 10:53:38 GMT =
2003   root@freebsd-stable.sentex.ca:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386

Thanks,
Ryan



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