Re: [leaf-wisp] Using Senao card (former using several...)

So which card gets stuck? Senao or Cisco?

If Senao, I recommend to flash it with 1.5.6 firmware.

mgg wrote:
> Hello there, while subscribing to the mail list it would be appreciated 
> if you could help here.
> I'm using Advantech SBC 9574 with celeron 333.
> The board has BX chipset and compact flash slot and secondary ide drive.
> Anyway I'm running WISP-DISt ( latest one ) with Cisco and older aironet 
> cards with no problem ( not a single one ).
> Right now I'm setting up Senao card in PC104 to pcmcia adapter ( it is a 
> Vadem chipset with two PCMCia slots... here is cardctl out :
> 
> 
> Socket 0:
>   product info: "INTERSIL", "HFA384x/IEEE", "Version 01.02", ""
>   manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002
>   function: 6 (network)
> Socket 1:
>   no product info available
> 
> 
> I had a little trouble setting up the card to be active since it is a 
> 5.0 volt pcmcia slot so I had to uncomment in /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf 
> line :
> 
> ignore_cis_vcc=33
> 
> 
> After that everything vent smooth ... the card is up and running.
> I have set it up as a AP and successfully connected another WISP-dist 
> machine with Cisco card ... ping works and I was happy :) .
> So I have moved to testing the link ... run some ttcp tests ... but 
> after a while on average loads and even after I leave the ping on Cisco 
> card after night the Cisco dissconects and I get this ...
> 
> netcs0    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"test"
>           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
> 
> 
> 
> and dmesg shows :
> 
> ostap_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!
> 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!
> 
> 
> after I restart the networking in wispdist menu I get the working Ap 
> with iwconfig :
> 
> 
> netcs0    IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"test"
>           Mode:Master  Frequency:2.422GHz  Access Point: 00:02:6F:31:1C:53
>           Bit Rate:2Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=1/0
>           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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Why is this happening ??? After i finish these lines I'll try to set up 
> a new CPU 533 or higher, since board takes P III up to a 933 Mhz but i 
> doubt this will help since load is normal.
> Any ideas ?
> 
> Thanks
> Igor
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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Best Regards,
Vladimir Ivashchenko
ThunderWorx - www.thunderworx.com
Senior Systems Designer/Engineer



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