RangeLAN DS (PCMCIA) - Host AP 0.0.3 - Not working

[Bobby Sardana]

Greetings all,

I have searched the archives to find an answer but none existed. 
Following is my setup which is not working:

1) HostAP 0.0.3
2) Linux Kernel 2.4.20
3) Latest wireless tools (26)
4) RangeLAN DS (PCMCIA)

dmesg: (During boot)
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hostap_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
hostap_cs: 0.0.3 - 2003-05-18 (Jouni Malinen <jkmaline at cc.hut.fi>)
hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)
hostap_cs: CS_EVENT_CARD_INSERTION
prism2_config()
hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (from config)
Checking CFTABLE_ENTRY 0x01 (default 0x01)
IO window settings: cfg->io.nwin=1 dflt.io.nwin=1
io->flags = 0x0046, io.base=0x0000, len=64
hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f
divert: allocating divert_blk for wlan0
hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wlan0
prism2_hw_init()
hostap_cs: card initialization timed out
hostap_cs: Initialization failed

ifconfig:
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wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
           BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
           Base address:0x100

iwconfig wlan0:
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wlan0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"test"
           Mode:Master  Tx-Power:15 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

When I perform iwconfig wlan0 or try to set wlan0 IP address via 
"ifconfig", the following is being reported by "dmesg"

dmesg:
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wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 5000 usec
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8000
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4447b80, type=0, res=-1)
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
wlan0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110, rid=fdc6, len=12)
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 5000 usec
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0x8000
wlan0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c4447b80, type=0, res=-1)
...<repeat entries - truncated>

Was wondering if the card is dead (firmware?)? The LEDs are fixed green 
& amber with *no blinking*. I tried resetting the card using iwpriv but 
no luck.

All help to resolve is appreciated.

Thank you.

regards,

Bobby Sardana.
sardana at obsoft.com