Hello all,

I don't know if the fist post here should be a question, but actually
it seems there is no other newsgroup that aims to people using
wireless lan.... :-)

My problem looks like this:
1. Configuration:
      Linux Debian kernel 2.2.17 with wireless lan suport compiled in.
      Typical atx standalone Celeron 633,
      PCI-to-PCMCIA board Ricoh RL5C475 rev 80
        packages:
        pcmcia-cs-3.1.24
        linux-wlan-ng-0.1.7
2. My steps:
        instaled and configured ( propertly ?? I hope... ) above
packages.
        pcmcia cards ( PROXIM RangeLan DS 11Mbit and other type: ZOOM
Air 4100 )
        installs themselves ok. module prism2_cs registers device wlan0.

        ( buzzer beeps in ok. mode )
        after that there is a script autorunned like this: wlan-ng
start wlan0
3. Problem:
    PC freezes. You cannot do anythning, even change the console....
    When you remove pcmcia card from the slot - cardmgr unloads device
    and everything goes back and looks ok.
    No errors are reported in syslog.
4. After some hours I found line in wlan-ng :
    ... in section
        #=====STA STARTUP=====
            ....
            $WLANCTL $DEVICE dot11req_associate "listeninterval=0"
            ......
        #=====PCMCIA NET DEVICE====

    ( WLANCTL=/sbin/wlanctl-ng $DEVICE=wlan0 )

    removal ( commenting ) of this line makes the script to go back
after running
    manually or automatically when you insert the card.
    And resolves the problem of freezing the PC
    But I cannot ifconfig the device.

    ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.1 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask
255.255.255.0 up
tells me
    SIOCSIFFLAGS: No medium found
    SIOCSIFFLAGS: No medium found

5. ifconfig wlan0
    shows good MAC addr.

6. There is no ( I think ) problem with Irq ( it takes 5 int ) or port (
it takes 0x100-0x13f )
    and everything looks good in /proc/ioports or interrupts....

WHAT HAVE I MISSED?

OR WHAT IS WRONG??

Really waiting for help....

Grzegorz J. Jankowski

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