Senao 2511 CD Plus ext2 (was Problem with SMC2532W-B V2 (0xd601 0x0010)

[James Henderson]

Michael,

I thought I would post in case you're still having trouble with this.

I don't know exactly *what* the problem was, but I upgraded my 
gentoo-based kernel from 2.6.12-gentoo-r4 to 2.6.13-gentoo-r3 and now it 
just... works.  Same hostap version (rebuilt for the new kernel, of 
course), same pcmcia-cs tools revision.  My pcmcia drivers have been 
compiled into the kernel (not as modules) all along.

What is weird is that I have two other 16-bit pcmcia cards and they both 
worked flawlessly with this "older" kernel; that's why kernel 
upgrade/pcmcia kernel drivers were the last thing I thought of.

-James-

Michael Krigsman wrote:
> I have a Senao 2511 CD Plus ext2 giving the same type of errors:
> 
>    prism2_enable_aux_port: was not disabled!?
>    prism2_enable_aux_port(0) timed out
>    Wifi0: valid PDA not found 
>    hfa384x_setup_bap - timeout before kernel 
> 
> This is a prism 2.5 card and works perfectly in Windows, so it is not the
> hardware. I have tried both hostap and wlan_ng with no luck. The card is
> new.
> 
> Can anyone suggest a way to troubleshoot this? Thank you.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Henderson [mailto:his_jimboness at yahoo.ca] 
> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 5:44 PM
> To: hostap at shmoo.com
> Subject: Re: Problem with SMC2532W-B V2 (0xd601 0x0010)
> 
> Hi Tom,
> 
> Thanks for the response.  These cards have FCC XI-330*, but the serial
> numbers are:
> S33HP55NU00541
> S33HP53NU01103
> 
> The first one has a 55 but the other one, bought at the same time (but not
> necessarily from the same batch), doesn't have any of 55, 56 or 58.
> 
> Looks like Zcomax/SMC may be messing with the hardware...  Frustrating.
> 
> -James
> 
> Tom Sharples wrote:
> 
>>This may (or may not) be helpful- Zcomax, the manufacturer of the SMC 
>>branded cards, plays a little fast and loose with FCC-ID numbers and 
>>internal hardware:
>>
>>Cards with the FCC ID XI-325*  use the Prism 2.5 chipset.  SMC no 
>>longer provide these cards, however they are available on special 
>>order directly from Zcom (long, long lead times). HostAP worked fine 
>>with these cards.
>>
>>Cards with FCC ID XI-330* AND a serial number that has the number 55 
>>embedded in it, actually use the Prism 2.5 chipset despite having the 
>>FCC ID number associated with the Prism 3.0 chipset.
>>
>>Cards with FCC ID XI-330* AND a serial number that has the number 56 
>>embedded in it, actually use the Prism 3.0 chipset but don't correctly 
>>report TX levels when "auto" mode is selected unless you roll back the 
>>secondary firmware to 1.3.2 which breaks wds. There may also be other 
>>anomalies in a hostAP enviroment.
>>
>>Cards with FCC ID XI-330* AND a serial number that has the number 58 
>>(we've never received any 57's) embedded in it (these are the cards we 
>>now receive when we order) actually use the Prism 3.0 chipset and DO 
>>correctly report TX levels when "auto" mode is selected. HostAP seems 
>>to work fine.
>>
>>Tom Sharples
>>President
>>Qorvus Systems, Inc.
>>www.qorvus.net
>>360.243.7371
>>
> 
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