The model 8420-WD card uses the Agere chipset, and I don't believe the driver is included in Debian. But I got mine working on a thinkpad with Debian last year. The source is out there.
http://www.agere.com/mobility/wireless_lan_drivers.html has some drivers, but they weren't the ones I used. On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 02:19:29PM -0800, Todd Greenwood wrote: > Overview: > I am attempting to install an orinoco\proxim wifi 802.11b card in my ibm > laptop, but the card fails > to be recognized by the pcmcia driver. I have researched this on the web, > asked my friends and > co-workers, but have come up empty handed. So, having exhausted my > resources, I'm turning to the > list. My apologies if this is a duplicate post, but I don't see a record of > my first attempt at posting this in the archives. > > The orinoco card is recognized by the latest knoppix boot cd (cardctl > info/indent shows some stats), > but the card doesn't light up. The card is completely unrecognized in > debian (even tho I installed > the os with the card in the pcmcia slot!). In a different windows based > laptop, the card lit up and > was recognized by the os, so I'm fairly sure the card itself is not dead. > The fact that the pcmcia > services hang when I give them a restart command seems to be the smoking > gun... > > REPRO 1 (debian): > 0. results are the same if the card is in the slot or not > 1. in tty1 > [EMAIL PROTECTED]/home/tgreenwo$ /etc/init.d/pcmcia restart > Shutting down PCMCIA services: done. > Starting PCMCIA services: > > 2. in another tty > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ps aux | grep pcmcia > root 5942 0.1 0.1 2748 1332 pts/3 S+ 10:05 0:00 /bin/sh > /etc/init.d/pcmcia restart > root 5983 0.0 0.1 2752 1336 pts/3 S+ 10:05 0:00 /bin/sh > /etc/init.d/pcmcia start > tgreenwo 6016 0.0 0.0 1824 576 pts/4 R+ 10:05 0:00 grep pcmcia > > 3. the restart and start is hung > > REPRO 2 (knoppix): > 1. boot with card in slot > 2. cardctl ident / info shows something like this: > ''' > agere systems > wireless pc card model 0111 > manfid 0156, 0003 > funcid = 6 > ''' > > Details: > CARD: > orinoco / proxim > model 8420-WD > MAC 00 10 C6 21 63 E0 > > LAPTOP: > ibm r40 thinkpad > type 2723 - 26U S/N FX - 09373 > internal wifi ipw2100 MAC 00 04 23 52 B9 4D > internal nic e100 MAC 00 06 1B CD 22 96 > > Diagnostics: > I've posted my diagnostics here to keep the size of this post manageable: > > http://greentea99.blogspot.com/2005/11/pcmcia-hanging-on-debian-sarge.html > > -Todd > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
