[driverloader] Intel device suddenly starts to work

[Stefan Voss]

Hi,

I just want to report that my Intel centrino card is now working.

I had experienced the same error messages as other people on this list
(no access point when doing "iwlist scan", failing to set essid)
but after some time I got the following in /var/log/messages

Oct 31 14:36:52 skywalker kernel: driverloader: 
ndisWrapCheckForHangTimerFunc: P
CI-02:04.0-8086:1043-8086:2527 hung
Oct 31 14:36:54 skywalker kernel: eth1: netndis_reset: Error -5 
performing hard
reset
Oct 31 14:36:56 skywalker kernel: driverloader: 
ndisWrapCheckForHangTimerFunc: P
CI-02:04.0-8086:1043-8086:2527 hung
Oct 31 14:36:58 skywalker kernel: eth1: netndis_reset: Error -5 
performing hard
reset
Oct 31 14:37:00 skywalker kernel: driverloader: 
ndisWrapCheckForHangTimerFunc: P
CI-02:04.0-8086:1043-8086:2527 hung
Oct 31 14:37:02 skywalker kernel: eth1: netndis_reset: Error -5 
performing hard
reset
Oct 31 14:37:03 skywalker kernel: eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)


And now the card reports:

skywalker:~ # iwconfig eth1
eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"belkin54g"  Nickname:"unknown"
           Mode:Managed  Access Point: 00:30:BD:95:52:95  Bit Rate=11Mb/s
           RTS thr=1600 B   Fragment thr=2304 B
           Encryption key:off
           Power Management:off
           Link Quality:1/1  Signal level:-71 dBm  Noise level:-200 dBm
           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

skywalker:~ # iwlist eth1 scan
eth1      Scan completed :
           Cell 01 - Address: 00:30:BD:95:52:95
                     ESSID:"belkin54g"
                     Mode:Managed
                     Frequency:2.462GHz
                     Quality:1/1  Signal level:-64 dBm  Noise level:-200 dBm
                     Encryption key:off
                     Bit Rate:11Mb/s
                     Bit Rate:5Mb/s
                     Bit Rate:2Mb/s
                     Bit Rate:1Mb/s


No reboot or other changes were made. It just started to work.
Maybe a matter of signal noise or placement of access point. I don't know.

Configuration: Intel 802.11b chip (centrino) in Acer Tracemate 800, SuSE 
9.0. Access point is a Belkin 54g. Driverloader is version 1.23.




Thanks for your help,
    Stefan Voss

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Stefan Voss