FreeBSD 5.1 + WaveLAN compatiable PCMCIA problems

[Daniel Hawton]

Thanks, that seemed to work for me!

-Daniel

Gernot Hueber wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
> 
> On 2003.09.27 22:15, Daniel Hawton wrote:
> 
>> I have an Orinoco Gold which is supposidely a WaveLAN compatiable  card.
>> It has been detected by FreeBSD 5.1.  I execute ifconfig functions to  
>> set the proper settings for my home, and then run dhclient wi0 to  
>> obtain an ip address for it from my home DHCPd server.  When I do, I  
>> get the following errors:
>> wi0: wi_cmd: busy bit won't clear
>> wi0: init failed
>> wi0: failed to allocate 2372 bytes on NIC
>> wi0: tx buffer allocation error (error 12)
>> wi0: interface not running
> 
> Try to update the firmware of the wlan interface, the upgrade to the  
> most current version moved away all problems I had with the adapter.
> 
> regards,
> 
> Gernot
> 
>>
>> This is a GENERIC kernel, every document I read didn't say anything  
>> about recompiling the kernel, so I didn't think I had to.
>>
>> Any help would be much appreciated,
>> thanks in advance,
>> Daniel
>>
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