Well, after _way_ too much messing around, I've determined that the mini-pci slot on _my_ (at least) Net 4501 is pretty much useless. Both a new Wistron CM9 and an OEM Intersil Prism (pgt) (taken from an SMC barricade) fail. Don't quote me on these numbers, but the CM9 will draw something like 430ma and the pgt something like 290ma and they both behave the same way. I tried OpenBSD 4.6 (release and patch branch) and 4.7 (various snaps): the cards, once configured and/or are connected to, cause the kernel to spew errors on the console continually and won't stop until a reboot. I tried both cards in an old laptop with OpenBSD and they seem to work fine so I'm assuming they are starved for current on the Net 4501.
It looks like the mini-pci slot on the Net 4501 was never designed with the ability to handle the current required for wlan cards. Clearly some of the other 45xx boards, 48xx and 55xx were. Eventually I'll consider one of those boards Thanks to all who chimed in. Daniel On Feb 26, 2010, at 1:17 PM, daniel wrote: > Should I be able to use a mini-pci wireless card in my Net 4501? > > I've been running OpenBSD on a Net 4501 for 5-6 years now, wired- > only. I > finally decided to get a wifi card so that I could use it as an AP as > well. I purchased a Wistron CM9 from Netgate and the card just does > not > want to work. At first I thought it might be insufficient power--I've > been using the little power supply I purchased with the Net 4501 > (12V 1.2A). I've tried a number of other power sources all the way > up to > 12V 2.5A with no luck. > > I keep seeing nic_wakeup and channel reset errors. Ultimately, the Net > 4501 always hangs. I also ripped out a pgt wireless mini-pci card from > an old SMC Barricade router and get similar errors. > > Does anyone use mini-pci wireless cards in Net 4501s? If not, that's > fine, but how can I know for sure what Soekris boards _will_ let me > use > one? I just assumed that it would work and I now think my assumption > was > wrong. > > Thanks, > > Daniel > > _______________________________________________ > 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
