[Wirelessdriver-support] wireless driver was fine ... then stopped even recognizing my PC card

[lynn h. <lyn...@ea...>]

Hi --
WirelessDriver had been running beautifully ever since I installed it on=20=

my G4 Powerbook running 10.1.5. (I have an external silver Orinoco PC=20
card and an Airport.) Then yesterday all of a sudden no little green=20
lights, and the blanks in the "wireless config" pane that comes up=20
automatically came up grayed out so I couldn't even type into them. I=20
ran Norton and everything to check for general problems; also tried=20
someone else's identical card. Same problems. Reinstalled Wireless=20
driver: now pane looks different but I still can't get in there to type=20=

in network, etc. I've also fiddled around with the network settings, but=20=

nothing really sheds light. Also, nothing I can find on this list seems=20=

to replicate the problem. Here's the troubleshooting script -- as you=20
can see, even IT asks me if the card is even there (which it is, but of=20=

course, no nice green lights). Help!!!
Thank you.
Lynn



Welcome to Darwin!
/Users/lynnharr/Desktop/Troubleshooting\ Info.command; exit
[localhost:~] lynnharr% /Users/lynnharr/Desktop/Troubleshooting\=20
Info.command; exit

### system info

ProductName:    Mac OS X
ProductVersion: 10.1.5
BuildVersion:   5S66
Darwin localhost 5.5 Darwin Kernel Version 5.5: Thu May 30 14:51:26 PDT=20=

2002; root:xnu/xnu-201.42.3.obj~1/RELEASE_PPC  Power Macintosh powerpc
ppc7450

### wireless driver files installed

drwxrwxrwx    3 root  wheel   264 Mar 20  2002 WirelessDriver.kext
drwxr-xr-x    3 root  wheel   264 Sep  9  2001 IOPCCardFamily.kext
drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin  264 Mar 20  2002 WirelessDriver=20
PPane.prefPane
     {Hide =3D 0; Path =3D "/Library/PreferencePanes/WirelessDriver=20
PPane.prefPane"; },
     {Path =3D "/Library/PreferencePanes/WirelessDriver =
PPane.prefPane/"; }

### wirelesscard info


### network info

lo0: flags=3D8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
         inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
en0: flags=3D8863<UP,BROADCAST,b6,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
         ether 00:03:93:5a:da:f8
         media: autoselect (none) status: inactive
         supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>=20
10baseT/UTP <half-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex>=20
10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX=20=

<half-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex> 100baseTX <full-
duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseTX <full-duplex> 1000baseTX <full-
duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseTX <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseTX=20
<full-duplex,flow-control,hw-loopback>
ppp0: flags=3D8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
         inet 65.176.33.142 --> 65.176.62.8 netmask 0xff000000

### wd command line tool status

2002-10-31 13:28:12.879 WirelessConfig[299] Iterations: 0
WirelessDriver: Couldn't find a WirelessDriver service in registry - is=20=

the card loaded?
Usage - WirelessConfig [-showstatus] or WirelessConfig [-showstatus]=20
<-netname <network>> [-wepkey <key>] [-keyslot <slot>]
  -netname <name>     Sets the network name - enclose in double quotes
                       if your network contains a space.

  -wepkey <hex key>   Sets your network key, if ommited the network is
                       assumed to not have wep.

  -keyslot <[1-4]>    Sets which keyslot to have your key in. If
                       ommited keyslot 1 is assumed.

  -status             Prints out the network information, includes
                       signal strength.

  -writeprefs         Writes out the options to the preference file=20
in                     =20
~/Library/Preferences/org.noncontinuous.wirelessdriver

With no options set or just the status, WirelessConfig will look for the=20=

preferences made by the preference pane in=20
~/Library/Preferences/org.noncontinuous.WirelessDriver.
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