[Acx100-users] Continued DWL-650+ not working

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(1) I noticed if I install the "hotplug" package, I can't load the
device, because when I click insert in cardinfo the "link" light then
comes on and stays on and the acx100 driver always says "no such
device".  After doing an "apt-get remove hotplug" and rebooting, I am
back to my original problem where I still have to press insert in
cardinfo for the device to be detected.

(2) After loading the device, here's the output of iwconfig which
indicates "signal level 0" (I blocked out the WEP key).  The channel and
essid are correct.  I'm sitting 4 feet away from the access point - I
have two APs in my house.

wlan0     v0.2.0pre2  ESSID:"snapdragon2"  
          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Channel:6  Cell: 00:00:00:00:00:00  
          Bit Rate=11Mb/s   Tx-Power:18 dBm   
          Encryption key:XXXX-XXXX-XX   Security mode:restricted
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

(3) Here's my dmesg output with the new settings (after yesterdays
addition of the regulatory info - note it fails on load, but is set
later -- see below):

acx100: It looks like you were coaxed into buying a wireless network
card
acx100: that uses the mysterious ACX100 chip from Texas Instruments.
acx100: You should better have bought e.g. a PRISM(R) chipset based
card,
acx100: since that would mean REAL vendor Linux support.
acx100: Given this info, it's plain evident that this driver is
EXPERIMENTAL,
acx100: thus your mileage may vary. Visit http://acx100.sf.net for
support.
init_module: TI acx100_pci.o: Ver 0.2.0pre2 Loaded
init_module: dev_info is: TI acx100_pci
CONFIG_PCMCIA: 0
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 03:00.0 to 64
Found ACX100-based wireless network card, phymem1:0xd0100000,
phymem2:0xd0110000, irq:11, mem1:0xdc862000, mem2:0xdc864000
Allocating 6688, 1A20h bytes for wlandevice_t
stop queue after setup.
Allocated 33708 bytes for firmware module loading.
acx100_write_fw (firmware): 1, acx100_validate_fw: 1
******************************************
************ acx100_initmac_1 ************
******************************************
==> Get the mailbox pointers from the scratch pad registers
CmdMailboxOffset = fdc8
InfoMailboxOffset = ff4c
<== Get the mailbox pointers from the scratch pad registers
CommandParameters = [ 0xDC873DCC ]
InfoParameters = [ 0xDC873F50 ]
Allocated 920 bytes for firmware module loading.
WriteACXImage (radio): 1, ValidateACXImage: 1
CodeEnd:8730
writing WEP options.
<== Initialize the Queue Indicator
pDc->pFrameHdrQPool = 0xc0393000
pDc->pFrameHdrQPoolPhyAddr = 0x  393000
pDc->TxBufferPool = 0xc0020000
pDc->TxBufferPoolPhyAddr = 0x   20000
pDc->pTxHostDescQPool = 0xc0392000
pDc->TxHostDescQPoolPhyAddr = 0x  392000
pAdapter->rHWInfo.pvMemBaseAddr2 = 0xdc864000
pDc->ui32ACXTxQueueStart = 0x00008ad8
pDc->pTxDescQPool = 0xdc86cad8
pDc->pRxHostDescQPool = 0xc042b000
pDc->RxHostDescQPoolPhyAddr = 0x  42b000
pDc->pRxBufferPool = 0xc0460000
pDc->RxBufferPoolPhyAddr = 0x  460000
invalid regulatory domain specified!
invalid regulatory domain specified!
SSID = STA1EF3D9, len = 9
Beacon length:61
SSID = STA1EF3D9, len = 9
SetProberTemp: cb = 61
acx100: form factor 0x01 (D-Link DWL-650+/Planet WL-8305?), radio type
0x0d (Maxim), EEPROM version 0x0000. Uploaded firmware 'Rev 1.9.3.e'
(0x01020505).
switching off power LED.

<here is where I ran the startnet script, but I thought the above would
be helpful, in startnet, the regulatory domain is set..>

Device wlan0 removed!
acx100: It looks like you were coaxed into buying a wireless network
card
acx100: that uses the mysterious ACX100 chip from Texas Instruments.
acx100: You should better have bought e.g. a PRISM(R) chipset based
card,
acx100: since that would mean REAL vendor Linux support.
acx100: Given this info, it's plain evident that this driver is
EXPERIMENTAL,
acx100: thus your mileage may vary. Visit http://acx100.sf.net for
support.
CONFIG_PCMCIA: 0
Found ACX100-based wireless network card, phymem1:0xd0100000,
phymem2:0xd0110000, irq:11, mem1:0xdc862000, mem2:0xdc864000
Allocating 6688, 1A20h bytes for wlandevice_t
Allocated 33708 bytes for firmware module loading.
acx100_write_fw (firmware): 1, acx100_validate_fw: 1
************ acx100_initmac_1 ************
Allocated 920 bytes for firmware module loading.
WriteACXImage (radio): 1, ValidateACXImage: 1
writing WEP options.
invalid regulatory domain specified!
invalid regulatory domain specified!
SSID = STA1EF3D9, len = 9
SSID = STA1EF3D9, len = 9
acx100: form factor 0x01 (D-Link DWL-650+/Planet WL-8305?), radio type
0x0d (Maxim), EEPROM version 0x0000. Uploaded firmware 'Rev 1.9.3.e'
(0x01020505).
setting regulatory domain to 1 (0x10): FCC (USA)        (1-11)
SSID = STA1EF3D9, len = 9
SSID = STA1EF3D9, len = 9
SSID = snapdragon2, len = 11
SSID = snapdragon2, len = 11
Warning: WEP support might not be supported in Ad-Hoc mode yet!
firmware version >= 1.9.3.e --> using software timer
<AcxSetStatus> iStatus = 0 (STARTED)
Set transmit power = 1
Setting antenna value: 0x8F
Setting ED threshold value: 0x70
Setting CCA value: 0x0D
Setting regulatory domain to 0x10
setting regulatory domain to 1 (0x10): FCC (USA)        (1-11)
Changing to channel 6
<AcxSetStatus> iStatus = 1 (SCANNING)
<acx_timer> iStatus = 1
<acx_timer> iStatus = 1
<acx_timer> iStatus = 1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: wlan0: transmit timed out
<acx_timer> iStatus = 1
<acx_timer> iStatus = 1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: wlan0: transmit timed out
<acx_timer> iStatus = 1
NETDEV WATCHDOG: wlan0: transmit timed out
NETDEV WATCHDOG: wlan0: transmit timed out
Warning: WEP support might not be supported in Ad-Hoc mode yet!
NETDEV WATCHDOG: wlan0: transmit timed out
NETDEV WATCHDOG: wlan0: transmit timed out