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Re: [Wirelessdriver-support] How does wireless driver support Cardbus on Lombard laptops?
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From: Ron B. <ron...@at...> - 2003-01-23 22:00:46
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Hi Rob,
Darn, your right! Just checked the Proxim site to confirm that the =20
card is PCMCIA (PC card actually). This brings up two other =20
interesting issues with Apple System Profiler:
The first is that System Profiler states that my built-in ethernet on =20=
my Lombard laptop is the one in use (it includes the MAC and IP =20
addresses of the wireless card). It doesn't event say anything about =20=
the wireless card interface.
The second is that the Cardbus dump states that the card installed is =20=
Cardbus (not pcmcia or pc card), which is why I initially thought it =20
was Cardbus. I have attached the text dump from Apple's System =20
Profiler... it might have significance, or it might be that the =20
profiler is simply buggy.
Network Overview:=09
Built-in:=09
=20
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| =
=20
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| Flags : =20
0x8863<Up,Broadcast,b6,Running,Simplex,Multicast> |
| Ethernet address : xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx (edited =20=
out by ron)|
| IP : 192.168.0.2 =
=20
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| Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0 =
=20
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| Broadcast : 192.168.0.255 =
=20
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| =
=20
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=20
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Devices and Volumes
---------------------------------------------------
PCI:=09
PC Card:=09
=20
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| =
=20
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| Card Type : cardbus =
=20
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| Card Name : cardbus =
=20
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| Card Model : TXN,PCI1210-00 =
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| Vendor ID : 104c =
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| Device ID : ac1e =
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| ROM# : Not available =
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| Revision : 0 =
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| =
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=20
+----------------------------------------------------------------------+
Finally, a clarification for those using Orinoco Silver cards. 64 bit =20=
WEP does work!!! However, 128 bit WEP does not (at least with the =20
netgear MR314). Mac OS X 10.2.3.
Thanks a bunch. -Ron
On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 01:56 PM, Rob McKeever wrote:
> I've got a PowerBook 101-series as well (frequently called Lombard). =20=
> I don't have a CardBus card handy, but it might very well be a problem =
=20
> on Apple's end.
>
> The Intersil and Lucent cards are 16-bit PCMCIA cards and don't use =20=
> the 32-bit CardBus spec and thus work differently in the OS. I'll =20
> make some inquiries and see if I can find anything out.
>
> -Rob
>
>
> On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 10:03 AM, Ron Benoit wrote:
>
>> Greetings,
>>
>> First, this is not a wireless driver problem or feature request. I =20=
>> have a Orinoco Silver card, and have never had problems with 5.1beta =20=
>> (except that I can't use WEP with my NetGear MR314 router... but =20
>> that's another story). Hats off to the authors and the numerous =20
>> folks on the list who assist others.
>>
>> This question has to do with how the 5.1 beta overcomes a major =20
>> problem with the Lombard laptops and 10.2.3 with respect to Cardbus =20=
>> support. It appears that Cardbus is not fully supported on Lombard =20=
>> in version 10.2.x. I have been reading may such issues on Apple's =20=
>> support forums, and I have officially received the following reply =20=
>> from Asante:
>> -------------
>> Ron,
>>
>> The PowerBook/G3 Series
>> (Bronze Keyboard)
>>
>> Codename: 101, Lombard
>> CPU: PowerPC 750
>> CPU speed: 333/400 Mhz
>>
>> This failure has been verified by Asant=E9 in Apple's Labs. This is =
an =20
>> issue
>> with the Operating System (and Apple un-officially agrees with this
>> assessment by Asant=E9). The CardBus card is not supported in the =20=
>> Lombard
>> series G3 with OS/10.2.3. The issue here is a CardBus issue and not =
a
>> problem with the up-grade card in this laptop.
>> -------------
>>
>> I have been trying to get an Asante 10/100 Friendlynet card working =20=
>> since Jaguar was released. They say it's a cardbus issue (supposedly =
=20
>> confirmed by Apple, but there are no tech notes to support it). I =20=
>> say they are full of crap because my Orinoco Silver card (cardbus) =20=
>> works just fine. However, a lot of folks with Wallstreet and Lombard =
=20
>> laptops are having a lot of cardbus issues.
>>
>> So the question is, is there some sort of fix for these cardbus =20
>> issues in the wireless driver code?
>>
>> Thanks in advance! A very happy yet very frustrated user. -Ron
>>
>>
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