From: "Mark Henigan" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
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Date: Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:21:10 -0700
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Subject: Networking problems, wireless and wired
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Leidengenossen:

I have been struggling with hardware for which
I can find little or no useful compatibility
information and which I seem to lack to ability
to install, unless I find that I have faulty
hardware.  That aside, on one box I have a
standard NIC and a wireless PCI card.  I would
like to be able to connect to a wireless router
sort of thingy (great word, Kris!) on a second
("server") box connected to the Internet.

The PC under discussion is based on an MSI
KT4Ultra motherboard.

*******

Craig Hart's PCI+AGP bus sniffer, Version 1.03vkA,
freeware made in 1996-2005.
Loaded Vendor Data : "This is version 567 of
this file; 01-09-2005 (D-M-Y)."

PCI BIOS Version 2.10 found!
Number of PCI Busses : 2
PCI Characteristics  : Config Mechanism 1 Special Cycle Mechanism 1

Searching for PCI Devices using the OEMHLP$ driver

  Bus 0 (PCI), Device Number 6, Device Function 0
  Vendor 168Ch Atheros Communications Inc
  Device 001Ah Unknown
  Command 0016h (Memory Access, BusMaster, MemWrite+Invalidate)
  Status 0290h (Has Capabilities List, Supports Back-To-Back Trans.,
    Medium Timing)
  Revision 01h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 20h
  Minimum Bus Grant 0Ah, Maximum Bus Latency 1Ch
  Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
  Cache line size 32 Bytes (8 DWords)
  PCI Class Network, type Ethernet
  Subsystem ID 3A161186h Unknown
  Subsystem Vendor 1186h D-Link Inc
  Address 0 is a Memory Address (0-4GiB) : DFFD0000h
  CIS can read from Address 0 mapped memory, offset 5000h
  System IRQ 10, INT# A
  New Capabilities List Present:
    Power Management Capability, Version 1.1
      Does not support low power State D1 or D2
      Does not support PME# signalling
      Current Power State : D0 (Device operational, no power saving)
       1980 mW D0 power consume
       1980 mW D0 power dissipate
       1980 mW D1 power consume
       1980 mW D1 power dissipate
       1980 mW D2 power consume
       1980 mW D2 power dissipate
         60 mW D3 power consume
         60 mW D3 power dissipate
          0 mW common logic power consume

  Bus 0 (PCI), Device Number 8, Device Function 0
  Vendor 1011h Digital Equipment Corp (DEC)
  Device 0014h DecChip 21041-PB "Tulip Plus" Ethernet Adapter
  Command 0007h (I/O Access, Memory Access, BusMaster)
  Status 0280h (Supports Back-To-Back Trans., Medium Timing)
  Revision 21h, Header Type 00h, Bus Latency Timer 50h
  Self test 00h (Self test not supported)
  PCI Class Network, type Ethernet
  Address 0 is an I/O Port : EC00h
  Address 1 is a Memory Address (0-4GiB) : DFFFFE80h
  System IRQ 5, INT# A
  Expansion ROM of 256 KiB decoded by this card, currently disabled


ROM PCI IRQ routing table Tests....
  ROM IRQ routing table found at F000h:8020h
  Table Version 1.0 - OK
  Table size 256 bytes - OK
  Table Checksum DFh - OK
  PCI Interrupt Router: VT8235 PCI to ISA Bridge
  IRQ's dedicated to PCI : None
  The ROM PCI IRQ routing table appears to be OK.

IRQ Summary: IRQs 5,10,11,14,15 are used by PCI devices
Shared IRQs: IRQ 5 is shared by 3 PCI Devices
              IRQ 10 is shared by 4 PCI Devices
              IRQ 11 is shared by 4 PCI Devices

*******

This is the first box about which I have questions.

My first question is whether either of these has
a usable 'driver' under OS/2-eCS.  I believe the
hardwired NIC does.  I have serious doubts about
the DEC card that is supposed to be wireless but
provides so little information, none of which
suggests wirelessness (other than the strange but
well-established term "ethernet" that suggests
radio communications).

If the wireless card appears to be either lacking
an adequate 'driver' or malfunctioning, what is a
reasonable alternative PCI-based card with antenna?

Is this sufficiently enlightening?  Do you need
more information to begin to troubleshoot?

Thank you for your thoughts.

- Mark

Mark Henigan
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