I was using it in an "old" NET4501 that I bought back in 2002 (I think). ComBIOS ver 1.25, didn't seem to have any issues with it if I can recall (although I've since switched to a WRAP platform as my main router for now, which has the CM9 card in it).
-Proto Ben wrote: > Thanks for the replies Martin, Michael. > Of course, they do lead to other questions... > > Martin, that's discouraging. Did a card with another chipset ever work > in the 4501? Maybe Netgate will swap for a card known to work in this board. > > I've read some discussions on here about the merits of various power > supplies. Is that the power issue you mean? > > Michael, that's encouraging. Do you recall your comBIOS version, or in > general how old your 4501 was/is? I'm thinking maybe different > production runs featured different capabilities (a long shot, huh?). > What power supply did you use? The FreeBSD angle is interesting and I'll > look into it, but I've been a fanboy for Leaf-Bering since the LRP era. > And a lurker on their list for as long. Martin, I'd be remiss if I were > to leave this paragraph without a word of thanks, however OT, for all > the work and support you do for the Bering Team. Thanks man. > > As for me, I should have done some more research before trying to build > my own WAP. Arrg. > > -bp > > > Michael Proto wrote: >> I was actually using a Wistron CM9 802.11b/g MiniPCI card (purchased >> from www.netgate.com) with my own 4501 up until about 3 months ago (when >> I upgraded it to a PC Engines WRAP board). I didn't have any problems >> using it, although I was using FreeBSD 6 as the OS and not Linux >> (specifically, an offshoot of Manuel Kesper's MiniBSD project, >> https://neon1.net/misc/minibsd.html). >> >> Worked just fine in my testing here. >> >> >> -Proto >> >> Martin Hejl wrote: >>> Hi Ben, >>> >>> I've never been able to get any Atheros card (ok, I only own two kinds - >>> an older one from Netgate, and several CM9s) to work with the 4501. They >>> all work great with the 4801s as well as the PCEngine boxes I have, so I >>> guess it's an issue with the 4501s (I seem to recall a PCI reset or >>> power issue with the 4501 boxes, or something like that - but I can't >>> find it in my archives right now. If somebody else could either confirm >>> that or prove me wrong, I'd be quite happy about that). >>> >>> Martin >>> >>> >>> Ben wrote: >>>> Can these two play together nicely? >>>> I can't see where the CM9 is being recognized by BIOS (v1.30) >>>> >>>> Wouldn't the device in the top line here get an irq if the card were >>>> being recognized? >>>> >>>> >>>>> comBIOS ver. 1.30 20070326 Copyright (C) 2000-2005 Soekris >>>>> Engineering. >>>>> >>>>> net45xx >>>>> >>>>> CPU 80486 133 Mhz 0000 >>>>> Mbyte Memory0064 >>>>> >>>>> Pri Mas SanDisk SDCFB-32 LBA 490-4-32 31 Mbyte >>>>> >>>>> Slot Vend Dev ClassRev Cmd Stat CL LT HT Base1 Base2 Int >>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> 0:00:0 1022 3000 06000000 0006 2280 00 00 00 00000000 00000000 >>>>> 0:16:0 168C 0013 02000001 0116 0290 10 3C 00 A0000000 00000000 10 >>>>> 0:18:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E001 A0010000 11 >>>>> 0:19:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E101 A0011000 05 >>>>> 0:20:0 100B 0020 02000000 0107 0290 00 3F 00 0000E201 A0012000 09 >>>> cat /proc/pci doesn't help much. Granted, it's a cut-down version from >>>> Leaf-Bering. The Wistron was recognized in a Dell laptop under both >>>> Knoppix and winXP, so the card does seem to be functional. >>>> >>>> Any tips or pointers to docs or sites or archived messages will be >>>> greatly appreciated. Personal anecdotes and remedies are highly prized, >>>> of course. I've sifted through [Soekris-tech] but come up pretty >>>> empty-handed. There's been posts on how 4 or 5 out of 70-some Wistron >>>> cards are bad, and some about 'dead' 4501's, neither of which seem to >>>> fit this situation. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> -bp >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Soekris-tech mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech >>>> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > Soekris-tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech _______________________________________________ Soekris-tech mailing list [email protected] http://lists.soekris.com/mailman/listinfo/soekris-tech
