Fwd: Belkin wireless network card problem

Andrew L. Gould algould at datawok.com
Mon Apr 12 09:52:32 PDT 2004


On Monday 12 April 2004 11:39 am, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have about 10 days left to return this card if I cannot get it to work.
> It's Belkin 'PCMCIA wireless F5D6020 ver 2'
>
> Here is the output after I plug in the card:
>
> Card "Belkin"("11Mbps-Wireless-Notebook-Network-Adapter") [(null)] [(null)]
> matched "Belkin" ("11Mbps-Wireless-Notebook-Network-Adapter") [(null)]
> [(null)]
> wi0 at port 0x240-0x27f irq 11 slot 0 on pccard0
> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x0000
> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x0000
> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x0000
> wi0: init failed
> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x0000
> wi0: timeout in wi_cmd 0x0000; event status 0x0000
> wi0: mac read failed 5
> device_probe_and_attach: wi0 attach returned 5
>
> One odd detail was the identifier string didn't originally have any dashes
> in it so the card was not recognized.  But when I added them, it at least
> found the card.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> NOTE: Please CC me, as I am not currently subscribed.  Thanks.
>
> jm

Have you tried the card under Windows?  Is there a possibility that the card 
is defective?


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