Mailing List os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #5896

From: "Lewis G Rosenthal" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Subject: [OS2Wireless] 2915ABG (was: Re: [OS2Wireless] TP30 plus Intel 2200BG under eCS 2.0RC1)
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 11:13:41 -0400
To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

On 06/27/07 09:40 pm, Mark Henigan thus wrote :
Ed Durrant wrote:
Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:


Ed, I see that same condition with XWLAN every now and again (it's like that right now, as a matter of fact).

Insofar as interference with UNIAUD is concerned, do you have the STACK32 option set for GenMAC in PROTOCOL.INI?

<snip>

I have Stack32 now, in the hope that it would help, but initially not.

Hello:

I had significant problems with the miniPCI adapter
installation and eventually had to remove the card
in order to be able to connect to the Internet.

My favorite bus reader found

"Device 4223h PRO/Wireless 2915ABG MiniPCI Adapter."

However, my attempts to install it with GenMAC were
repeatedly frustrated.  For one thing, the installer
appeared to be choosing the wrong *.nif and related
files to install to support it.  My attempts to find
the correct file(s) and install manually led to the
refusal to boot.  Did I need to be using Stack32?
Part of the PCI bus readout included:

"Cache line size 32 Bytes (8 DWords)"

Sorry to hear of your troubles, Mark. There are two (known) PCI ID's for the 2915: 4223 and 4224. In your GenMAC driver directory,  make sure you have the subdirectory:

11-15-06 10:27p         <DIR>      0 ----  WRAPPER_8086_4223

And in there, something similar to the following:

3-05-06 10:31a         2,950      0 ----  W29N51.INF
7-19-05  8:14p     3,289,088    208 ----  W29N51.SYS

I am using the following drivers for the 4224:

2-08-07  1:30p       119,850      0 a---  w29n51.inf
5-13-07  8:05p     2,209,408      0 a---  w29n51.sys

Which build of GenMAC are you using?

From PROTOCOL.INI (should be similar for the 4223 ID - note the change necessary to the section and DEVICE):

[W8086X4224_nif]

  DriverName = WRND32$
  VENDOR = 0x8086
  DEVICE = 0x4224
  NDIS_SYS = "W29N51.SYS"
  NDIS_INF = "W29N51.INF"
  SSID = "ANY"
  DEBUGLEVEL = "NONE"
  OPTIONS = "STACK32"

STACK32 I've found to be important. In particular, when I first started experimenting, I could not load UNIAUD and GenMAC (for this card, at least) without it (I got the beep symptom Ed described and a hang  at boot).

Also for troubleshooting, try REMMING your USB statements (ISTR some issues tweaking those up at first).

I believe I have a similar configuration in Diane's T30 with the 2915 card.

That's one thing about my T30.  If I make a mistake
installing networking (and almost any time I run
MPTN) it refuses to boot.  With PCs, it seems to me
that I could always hit enter after each pause in
loading drivers and eventually have them boot, albeit
without networking.  I guess the hardware situation
(IRQs mostly, I suppose) is too tight on the T30 to
allow even a relatively small conflict.

Yes, notebooks can be stubborn in that regard!
Anyway, I want to get one of my PCs connected to the
Internet before I try to install the card again.

I thought it would be relatively simple.  :->

And it should.  Again, sorry to hear of your troubles, and if it looks like a flakey card, I'll send you another to swap and test out.

--
Lewis
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