NOw it worked as it should.
What is missing where?
I tried the following:

1.- iwconfig output after reboot:

voldemort: -root-
# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

dummy0    no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

netcs0    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"amb1"  Nickname:"voldemort"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 00:06:25:09:23:5A
          Bit Rate=2Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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

netcs1    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"amb2"  Nickname:"voldemort"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.437GHz  Access Point: 00:02:6F:07:30:81
          Bit Rate=2Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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

netcs2    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"test"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.422GHz  Access Point: 00:02:6F:07:30:86
          Bit Rate:2Mb/s   Tx-Power:-11 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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

2.- COmmand output:

voldemort: -root-
# HWADDR="00:02:6F:07:30:86";ADDRESS="0,0,0,$HWADDR";export ADDRESS;/etc/network
/wireless-start --norename netcs2
iwconfig netcs2 mode MASTER
iwconfig netcs2 channel 11
iwconfig netcs2 rate 2M
iwconfig netcs2 txpower 100mW
iwconfig netcs2 essid "amb3"
iwconfig netcs2 nick "voldemort"
iwpriv netcs2 maccmd 4

3.- iwconfig output after command:

voldemort: -root-
# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

dummy0    no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

netcs0    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"amb1"  Nickname:"voldemort"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 00:06:25:09:23:5A
          Bit Rate=2Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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

netcs1    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"amb2"  Nickname:"voldemort"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.437GHz  Access Point: 00:02:6F:07:30:81
          Bit Rate=2Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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

netcs2    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"amb3"  Nickname:"voldemort"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.462GHz  Access Point: 00:02:6F:07:30:86
          Bit Rate=2Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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

4.- restartif output after command:

Restarting network. Your current connections may get cut off.
Bringing down all interfaces.
Starting fixed wireless interfaces.
iwconfig netcs0 mode MASTER
iwconfig netcs0 channel 1
iwconfig netcs0 rate 2M
iwconfig netcs0 txpower 100mW
iwconfig netcs0 essid "amb1"
iwconfig netcs0 nick "voldemort"
iwpriv netcs0 maccmd 4
iwconfig netcs1 mode MASTER
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device netcs1 ; No such device.
iwconfig netcs1 channel 6
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
    SET failed on device netcs1 ; No such device.
iwconfig netcs1 rate 2M
Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
    SET failed on device netcs1 ; No such device.
iwconfig netcs1 txpower 100mW
Error for wireless request "Set Tx Power" (8B26) :
    SET failed on device netcs1 ; No such device.
iwconfig netcs1 essid "amb2"
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device netcs1 ; No such device.
iwconfig netcs1 nick "voldemort"
Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) :
    SET failed on device netcs1 ; No such device.
iwpriv netcs1 maccmd 4
netcs1    no private ioctls.

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
iwconfig netcs2 mode MASTER
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device netcs2 ; No such device.
iwconfig netcs2 channel 11
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
    SET failed on device netcs2 ; No such device.
iwconfig netcs2 rate 2M
Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
    SET failed on device netcs2 ; No such device.
iwconfig netcs2 txpower 100mW
Error for wireless request "Set Tx Power" (8B26) :
    SET failed on device netcs2 ; No such device.
iwconfig netcs2 essid "amb3"
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device netcs2 ; No such device.
iwconfig netcs2 nick "voldemort"
Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) :
    SET failed on device netcs2 ; No such device.
iwpriv netcs2 maccmd 4
netcs2    no private ioctls.

Bringing up all interfaces.
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
Restarting network daemons.

==============================
Done. Press ENTER to continue.

5.- iwconfig after restartif:

voldemort: -root-
# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

dummy0    no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

netcs0    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"amb1"  Nickname:"voldemort"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 00:06:25:09:23:5A
          Bit Rate=2Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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:6779   Missed beacon:0

netcs2    no wireless extensions.

netcs1    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"test"
          Mode:Master  Frequency:2.422GHz  Access Point: 00:02:6F:07:30:81
          Bit Rate:2Mb/s   Tx-Power:-17 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          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


voldemort: -root-
#

It behaves asi if something is not succeeding in setting the board up and the 
board is taking default values. Isn't it?

abel





On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 18:28:48 +0200, Vladimir Ivaschenko wrote
> Yeah, I realize now that it wouldn't work this way.
> 
> Try typing in the following:
> 
> HWADDR="[MAC address of netcs2]"
> ADDRESS="0,0,0,$HWADDR"
> export ADDRESS
> /etc/network/wireless-start --norename netcs2
> 
> abel wrote:
> > Nothing is echoed by the script and same result is shown.
> > 
> > On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 17:59:48 +0200, Vladimir Ivaschenko wrote
> > 
> >>Hmm, everything looks ok.
> >>
> >>Try manually running "wireless-start --norename netcs2" and see if it 
> >>will assign wireless settings correctly.
> >>
> >>abel wrote:
> >>
> >>>Content of both files follows:
> >>>
> >>>voldemort: -root-
> >>># cat wireless.config
> >>># Wireless configuration parameters
> >>>#
> >>>netcs0_RTS=""
> >>>netcs0_KEY=""
> >>>netcs0_ESSID="amb1"
> >>>netcs1_ESSID="amb2"
> >>>netcs1_NICK="voldemort"
> >>>netcs0_TXPOWER="100mW"
> >>>netcs0_NICK="voldemort"
> >>>netcs0_MODE="MASTER"
> >>>netcs0_RATE="2M"
> >>>netcs1_MODE="MASTER"
> >>>netcs2_MODE="MASTER"
> >>>netcs2_NICK="voldemort"
> >>>netcs2_RATE="2M"
> >>>netcs2_TXPOWER="100mW"
> >>>netcs2_CHANNEL="11"
> >>>netcs0_CHANNEL="1"
> >>>netcs1_RATE="2M"
> >>>netcs1_CHANNEL="6"
> >>>netcs1_TXPOWER="100mW"
> >>>netcs2_ESSID="amb3"
> >>>
> >>>voldemort: -root-
> >>># cat if.config
> >>># Network configuration parameters
> >>>#
> >>># Samples:
> >>># --
> >>>## Default gateway
> >>># DEFAULT_GW=""
> >>># --
> >>>## List of interfaces to configure during network initialization
> >>># IFACES="eth0 netcs0"
> >>>## VLAN example:
> >>># IFACES="eth0.9 eth0.11 netcs0"
> >>># --
> >>>## IP address/netmask for eth0
> >>># eth0_IPADDR="192.168.0.1/24"
> >>># netcs0_IPADDR="dhcp"
> >>>## VLAN example:
> >>># eth0.9_IPADDR="10.9.9.9/24"
> >>># --------------------
> >>>#
> >>>
> >>>ENABLE_PARP_BRIDGING="no"
> >>>eth0_IPADDR="200.68.122.145/29"
> >>>NAT_IFACE=""
> >>>netcs1_IPADDR="10.4.5.1/24"
> >>>DEFAULT_GW="200.68.122.150 dev eth0"
> >>>IFACES="eth0 netcs0 netcs1 netcs2 "
> >>>netcs0_IPADDR="10.4.4.1/24"
> >>>netcs2_IPADDR="10.4.6.1/24"
> >>>
> >>>voldemort: -root-
> >>># 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 17:42:16 +0200, Vladimir Ivaschenko wrote
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Actually these errors are ok. It tries to assign IP addresses and so 
> >>>>on to the interfaces, but they are not discovered yet by the PCMCIA 
> >>>>daemon. Since PCMCIA daemon calls the script wireless-start script 
> >>>>itself, these errors usually can be ignored.
> >>>>
> >>>>Please send me contents of your /etc/network/wireless.config and 
> >>>>/etc/network/if.config so that I can investigate what is going on with 
> >>>>netcs3.
> >>>>
> >>>>abel wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>It worked!
> >>>>>Or at least it seems to (I didn't measure what's on the air yet).
> >>>>>This is output after restartif:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Restarting network. Your current connections may get cut off.
> >>>>>Bringing down all interfaces.
> >>>>>Nothing to flush.
> >>>>>Nothing to flush.
> >>>>>Starting fixed wireless interfaces.
> >>>>>iwconfig netcs0 mode MASTER
> >>>>>iwconfig netcs0 channel 1
> >>>>>iwconfig netcs0 rate 2M
> >>>>>iwconfig netcs0 txpower 100mW
> >>>>>iwconfig netcs0 essid "amb1"
> >>>>>iwconfig netcs0 nick "voldemort"
> >>>>>iwpriv netcs0 maccmd 4
> >>>>>Bringing up all interfaces.
> >>>>>Cannot find device "netcs1"
> >>>>>SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
> >>>>>Cannot find device "netcs2"
> >>>>>SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
> >>>>>Restarting network daemons.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>==============================
> >>>>>Done. Press ENTER to continue.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>and output showed by iwconfig:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>voldemort: -root-
> >>>>># iwconfig
> >>>>>lo        no wireless extensions.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>dummy0    no wireless extensions.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>netcs0    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"amb1"  Nickname:"voldemort"
> >>>>>         Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 00:06:25:09:23:5A
> >>>>>         Bit Rate=2Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
> >>>>>         Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >>>>>         Encryption key:off
> >>>>>         Power Management:off
> >>>>>         Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
> >>>>>         Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
> >>>>>         Tx excessive retries:3  Invalid misc:1440889   Missed beacon:0
> >>>>>
> >>>>>netcs1    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"amb2"  Nickname:"voldemort"
> >>>>>         Mode:Master  Frequency:2.437GHz  Access Point: 00:02:6F:07:30:81
> >>>>>         Bit Rate=2Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
> >>>>>         Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >>>>>         Encryption key:off
> >>>>>         Power Management:off
> >>>>>         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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>netcs2    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"test"
> >>>>>         Mode:Master  Frequency:2.422GHz  Access Point: 00:02:6F:07:30:86
> >>>>>         Bit Rate:2Mb/s   Tx-Power:-12 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
> >>>>>         Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >>>>>         Encryption key:off
> >>>>>         Power Management:off
> >>>>>         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
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Just two problems seem to persist:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>1.- Why restartif complains about netcs1 and netcs2 (not such device)?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>2.- Why I setup ESSID and txpower to 'amb3' and 100mW through the 
WISP-Dist 
> >>>>>Configuration panel but iwconfig shows different settings for netcs2? 
These 
> >>>>>settings can be changed by hand but are restored by rebooting or after 
> >>>>>restartif.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Well, it was a long way to reach this point and some steps must be done 
yet 
> >>>>
> >>>but 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>thank you very much for your incredible help.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>abel
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>On Sun, 22 Feb 2004 00:37:50 +0200, Vladimir Ivaschenko wrote
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>You have also to set "PCIC" if you want to set your own PCIC_OPTS.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Try using the following PCIC_OPTS:
> >>>>>>irq_mode=0 pci_csc=0 poll_interval=100
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>abel wrote:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>>I finally plugged in the three boards (two senao and a lynksys wmp-11) 
> >>>>>>
> > and 
> > 
> >>>I 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>got 
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>the following:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>voldemort: -root-
> >>>>>>># iwconfig
> >>>>>>>lo        no wireless extensions.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>dummy0    no wireless extensions.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>netcs0    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"amb1"  Nickname:"voldemort"
> >>>>>>>        Mode:Master  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 00:06:25:09:23:
5A 
> >>>>>>
> >  
> > 
> >>>>>>>        Bit Rate=2Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3  
> >>>>>>>        Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >>>>>>>        Encryption key:off
> >>>>>>>        Power Management:off
> >>>>>>>        Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
> >>>>>>>        Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
> >>>>>>>        Tx excessive retries:31  Invalid misc:4673   Missed beacon:0
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>netcs1    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"amb2"  
> >>>>>>>        Mode:Master  Tx-Power=20 dBm   
> >>>>>>>        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
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>netcs2    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"test"  
> >>>>>>>        Mode:Master  Frequency:2.422GHz  Access Point: 00:02:6F:07:30:
86 
> >>>>>>
> >  
> > 
> >>>>>>>        Bit Rate:2Mb/s   Tx-Power:-13 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3  
> >>>>>>>        Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >>>>>>>        Encryption key:off
> >>>>>>>        Power Management:off
> >>>>>>>        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
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>voldemort: -root-
> >>>>>>># cat /proc/interrupts
> >>>>>>>         CPU0       
> >>>>>>>0:      69509          XT-PIC  timer
> >>>>>>>1:          2          XT-PIC  keyboard
> >>>>>>>2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
> >>>>>>>5:          0          XT-PIC  i82365
> >>>>>>>7:          0          XT-PIC  hostap_cs
> >>>>>>>9:          0          XT-PIC  hostap_cs
> >>>>>>>10:        120          XT-PIC  netcs0
> >>>>>>>11:        723          XT-PIC  eth0
> >>>>>>>12:          0          XT-PIC  i82365
> >>>>>>>14:       7846          XT-PIC  ide0
> >>>>>>>NMI:          0 
> >>>>>>>ERR:          0
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>voldemort: -root-
> >>>>>>># cat /e  proc/pci
> >>>>>>>PCI devices found:
> >>>>>>>Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
> >>>>>>>  Class 0600: PCI device 1106:0601 (rev 5).
> >>>>>>>    Master Capable.  Latency=8.  
> >>>>>>>    Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd0000000 [0xd3ffffff].
> >>>>>>>Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
> >>>>>>>  Class 0604: PCI device 1106:8601 (rev 0).
> >>>>>>>    Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=12.
> >>>>>>>Bus  0, device   7, function  0:
> >>>>>>>  Class 0601: PCI device 1106:0686 (rev 64).
> >>>>>>>Bus  0, device   7, function  1:
> >>>>>>>  Class 0101: PCI device 1106:0571 (rev 6).
> >>>>>>>    Master Capable.  Latency=32.  
> >>>>>>>    I/O at 0x9000 [0x900f].
> >>>>>>>Bus  0, device   7, function  4:
> >>>>>>>  Class 0680: PCI device 1106:3057 (rev 64).
> >>>>>>>Bus  0, device   7, function  5:
> >>>>>>>  Class 0401: PCI device 1106:3058 (rev 80).
> >>>>>>>    IRQ 12.
> >>>>>>>    I/O at 0x9c00 [0x9cff].
> >>>>>>>    I/O at 0xa000 [0xa003].
> >>>>>>>    I/O at 0xa400 [0xa403].
> >>>>>>>Bus  0, device   8, function  0:
> >>>>>>>  Class 0280: PCI device 1260:3873 (rev 1).
> >>>>>>>    IRQ 10.
> >>>>>>>    Master Capable.  Latency=32.  
> >>>>>>>    Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd7000000 [0xd7000fff].
> >>>>>>>Bus  0, device   9, function  0:
> >>>>>>>  Class 0607: PCI device 1180:0475 (rev 128).
> >>>>>>>    IRQ 5.
> >>>>>>>    Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=128.Max Lat=7.
> >>>>>>>    Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd7001000 [0xd7001fff].
> >>>>>>>Bus  0, device  10, function  0:
> >>>>>>>  Class 0607: PCI device 1180:0475 (rev 128).
> >>>>>>>    IRQ 12.
> >>>>>>>    Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=128.Max Lat=7.
> >>>>>>>    Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd7006000 [0xd7006fff].
> >>>>>>>Bus  0, device  14, function  0:
> >>>>>>>  Class 0200: PCI device 10ec:8139 (rev 16).
> >>>>>>>    IRQ 11.
> >>>>>>>    Master Capable.  Latency=32.  Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
> >>>>>>>    I/O at 0xcc00 [0xccff].
> >>>>>>>    Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd700b000 [0xd700b0ff].
> >>>>>>>Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
> >>>>>>>  Class 0300: PCI device 1023:8500 (rev 106).
> >>>>>>>    IRQ 10.
> >>>>>>>    Master Capable.  Latency=32.  
> >>>>>>>    Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd5800000 [0xd5ffffff].
> >>>>>>>    Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd6000000 [0xd601ffff].
> >>>>>>>    Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xd5000000 [0xd57fffff].
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>The /proc/interrupts pseudofile shows the following:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>voldemort: -root-
> >>>>>>># cat /proc/interrupts
> >>>>>>>         CPU0
> >>>>>>>0:    1347880          XT-PIC  timer
> >>>>>>>1:          2          XT-PIC  keyboard
> >>>>>>>2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
> >>>>>>>5:          0          XT-PIC  i82365
> >>>>>>>7:          0          XT-PIC  hostap_cs
> >>>>>>>9:          0          XT-PIC  hostap_cs
> >>>>>>>10:        975          XT-PIC  netcs0
> >>>>>>>11:      12053          XT-PIC  eth0
> >>>>>>>12:          0          XT-PIC  i82365
> >>>>>>>14:       7847          XT-PIC  ide0
> >>>>>>>NMI:          0
> >>>>>>>ERR:          0
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>where no interrupt is catched by hostap_cs which suggests an interrupt 
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>problem 
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>with the PCI-PCMCIA bridge.
> >>>>>>>I tried at /etc/default/pcmcia the following entries:
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>PCIC_OPTS='irq_mode=0'
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>PCIC_OPTS='irq_mode=1'
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>PCIC_OPTS='irq_mode=1 irq_list=0'
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>PCIC_OPTS='irq_mode=1 irq_list=0 extra_sockets=1'
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>but I get the same output from iwconfig after restarting pcmcia 
> >>>>>>
> > subsystem.
> > 
> >>>>>>>So it seems the problem is interurpt related but I don't know how to 
> >>>>>>
> >>>isolate 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>the 
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>problem and solve it.
> >>>>>>>What do you suggest I can do?
> >>>>>>>Thanks a lot.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>abel
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 12:07:46 +0200, Vladimir Ivaschenko wrote
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>Looks like an IRQ problem. Check /proc/interrupts
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>abel wrote:
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Well, I cannot get either a single card up & running.
> >>>>>>>>>The card is Senao NL-2511CD+EX2 w/PCI-PCMCIA adapter.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>1.- After bootup I got the following output from ip and iwconfig:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>># ip link
> >>>>>>>>>1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
> >>>>>>>>> link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
> >>>>>>>>>2: dummy0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop
> >>>>>>>>> link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >>>>>>>>>3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast 
> >>>>>>>>
> > qlen 
> > 
> >>>>>100
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> link/ether 00:0d:87:2f:a9:f4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >>>>>>>>>4: netcs0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 
100
> >>>>>>>>> link/ether 00:02:6f:07:30:81 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>voldemort: -root-
> >>>>>>>>># ip addr
> >>>>>>>>>1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue
> >>>>>>>>> link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
> >>>>>>>>> inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
> >>>>>>>>>2: dummy0: <BROADCAST,NOARP> mtu 1500 qdisc noop
> >>>>>>>>> link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >>>>>>>>>3: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,PROMISC,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast 
> >>>>>>>>
> > qlen 
> > 
> >>>>>100
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>> link/ether 00:0d:87:2f:a9:f4 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >>>>>>>>> inet 200.68.122.145/29 scope global eth0
> >>>>>>>>>4: netcs0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 
100
> >>>>>>>>> link/ether 00:02:6f:07:30:81 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> >>>>>>>>> inet 10.4.4.1/24 scope global netcs0
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>voldemort: -root-
> >>>>>>>>># iwconfig
> >>>>>>>>>lo        no wireless extensions.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>dummy0    no wireless extensions.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>eth0      no wireless extensions.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>netcs0    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"amb1"
> >>>>>>>>>       Mode:Master  Tx-Power=20 dBm
> >>>>>>>>>       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
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>where some data is missing.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>2.- Configuration as per /etc/network/wireless.config is as follows:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>># Wireless configuration parameters
> >>>>>>>>>#
> >>>>>>>>>netcs0_RTS=""
> >>>>>>>>>netcs0_KEY=""
> >>>>>>>>>netcs0_ESSID="amb1"
> >>>>>>>>>netcs0_CHANNEL="1"
> >>>>>>>>>netcs1_MODE="MANAGED"
> >>>>>>>>>netcs1_ESSID="amb2"
> >>>>>>>>>netcs1_NICK="voldemort"
> >>>>>>>>>netcs1_RATE="1M"
> >>>>>>>>>netcs1_TXPOWER="15mW"
> >>>>>>>>>netcs1_CHANNEL="11"
> >>>>>>>>>netcs0_TXPOWER="100mW"
> >>>>>>>>>netcs0_NICK="voldemort"
> >>>>>>>>>netcs0_MODE="MASTER"
> >>>>>>>>>netcs0_RATE="2M"
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>3.- Card driver seems correctly loaded to me, cardctl ident and lsmod 
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>output 
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>follows:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>voldemort: -root-
> >>>>>>>>># cardctl ident
> >>>>>>>>>Socket 0:
> >>>>>>>>>product info: "INTERSIL", "HFA384x/IEEE", "Version 01.02", ""
> >>>>>>>>>manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002
> >>>>>>>>>function: 6 (network)
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>voldemort: -root-
> >>>>>>>>># lsmod
> >>>>>>>>>Module         Pages    Used by
> >>>>>>>>>hostap_cs              81052   1
> >>>>>>>>>hostap                 62032   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>hostap_crypt_wep        2656   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>hostap_crypt            1028   0 [hostap hostap_crypt_wep]
> >>>>>>>>>ds                      6380   1 [hostap_cs]
> >>>>>>>>>i82365                 22564   1
> >>>>>>>>>pcmcia_core            37120   0 [hostap_cs ds i82365]
> >>>>>>>>>ip_nat_snmp_basic       8480   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ip_nat_tftp             1656   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ip_nat_mms              2872   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ip_nat_pptp             1872   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ip_nat_proto_gre        1184   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ip_nat_h323             2552   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ip_nat_irc              2328   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ip_nat_ftp              2904   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ipt_state                376   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ipt_MARK                 652   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ipt_REDIRECT             616   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ipt_MASQUERADE          1096   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>iptable_nat            15392   9 [ip_nat_snmp_basic ip_nat_tftp 
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>ip_nat_mms 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>>>>ip_na
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>t_pptp ip_nat_proto_gre ip_nat_h323 ip_nat_irc ip_nat_ftp 
ipt_REDIRECT 
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>ipt_MASQU
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>ERADE]
> >>>>>>>>>iptable_mangle          1968   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>ip_conntrack_tftp       1612   1
> >>>>>>>>>ip_conntrack_mms        2988   1
> >>>>>>>>>ip_conntrack_pptp       2296   1
> >>>>>>>>>ip_conntrack_proto_gre    1836   0 [ip_nat_pptp ip_conntrack_pptp]
> >>>>>>>>>ip_conntrack_h323       2188   1
> >>>>>>>>>ip_conntrack_irc        3212   1
> >>>>>>>>>ip_conntrack_ftp        3820   1
> >>>>>>>>>ip_conntrack           18060   9 [ip_nat_tftp ip_nat_mms ip_nat_pptp 
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>ip_nat_h323
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>ip_nat_irc ip_nat_ftp ipt_state ipt_REDIRECT ipt_MASQUERADE 
iptable_nat 
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>ip_conn
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>track_tftp ip_conntrack_mms ip_conntrack_pptp ip_conntrack_proto_gre 
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>ip_conntrac
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>k_h323 ip_conntrack_irc ip_conntrack_ftp]
> >>>>>>>>>bridge                 17204   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>airo                  105616   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>rtl8139                12284   1
> >>>>>>>>>pci-scan                2944   1 [rtl8139]
> >>>>>>>>>mii                     2256   0
> >>>>>>>>>cls_u32                 4832   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>sch_sfq                 3744   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>sch_htb                18688   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>sch_tbf                 2272   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>softdog                 1612   1
> >>>>>>>>>cramfs                 36920   5
> >>>>>>>>>ide-probe-mod           8816   0
> >>>>>>>>>ide-disk                9752   1
> >>>>>>>>>ide-mod                65796   1 [ide-probe-mod ide-disk]
> >>>>>>>>>nftl                   18308   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>docprobe                1360   0
> >>>>>>>>>docecc                  3680   0 (unused)
> >>>>>>>>>mtdcore                 1632   1 [nftl]
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>4.- Output from dmesg command is a bunch of entries as the following:
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>voldemort: -root-
> >>>>>>>>># dmesg
> >>>>>>>>>NETDEV WATCHDOG: netcs0: transmit timed out
> >>>>>>>>>hostap_cs: netcs0 Tx timed out!
> >>>>>>>>>NETDEV WATCHDOG: netcs0: transmit timed out
> >>>>>>>>>hostap_cs: netcs0 Tx timed out!
> >>>>>>>>>NETDEV WATCHDOG: netcs0: transmit timed out
> >>>>>>>>>hostap_cs: netcs0 Tx timed out!
> >>>>>>>>>NETDEV WATCHDOG: netcs0: transmit timed out
> >>>>>>>>>hostap_cs: netcs0 Tx timed out!
> >>>>>>>>>NETDEV WATCHDOG: netcs0: transmit timed out
> >>>>>>>>>hostap_cs: netcs0 Tx timed out!
> >>>>>>>>>.
> >>>>>>>>>.
> >>>>>>>>>.
> >>>>>>>>>.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>Any idea to diagnose this appreciated.
> >>>>>>>>>Thanks in advance.
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>abel
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>
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