I need to check if my PCMCIA network card is working! - Wow....

[AmigaMance]

Hello.
 I have a PCMCIA card which is supported by the cnet.device and i have used it in the past to access the internet via a ADSL modem/router. After 2 days of surfing something went wrong. Either the card went bad or the modem.. (I'm using a dialup connection right now)
 What i NEED now, is to check if the PCMCIA is working or not, so i'll know what i will have to buy: A new card or a modem??

 I have no other computer and generally no other hardware to connect the card to, so i hope there is way to do this with software. I simply can't afford a new ADSL modem/router just to test the card.
  Thank you.

[AmigaMance]

@motorollin
 
 Pinging my _MODEM'S_ IP? Are you sure that this will show if the card is damaged?
 I mean, what if the modem is damaged instead? I will still get no ping response, right?

[AmigaMance]

@motorollin

Is there anything else on your network you can ping?

 No. As i said, i have no other devices that i could connect to the card.
 Isn't there a "Card's IP" or something?


@alexh

I would guess it's more likely USER ERROR than hardware failure.

 I doubt it. It just stopped working after 2 days without changing anything..

Do PCMCIA ethernet cards show up on the Early Startup Menu? Or SCOUT?

 I didn't tried scout when it was working, but iirc ethernet cards doesn't show up in the startup menu.


@rockape
 Thanks for point it out. I do have card_info in my C directory. It is version 0.2 .
 I will try it asap. (Got to pull my ADSL gear out of the closet)

PS: I checked the ethernet cable with a multimeter and i found it ok.

[AmigaMance]

I did some tests:

 Card_info recognize the card!

 ModemTest produces the output:

Card is 0 bytes long, 0 ns, type 0, other 0
PCMCIA
Fast-Ethernet
Isn't a modem afaik
desc of modem interface
desc of data modem

I'd appreciate it if you could now email these 2 files:
pcmcia.attr
pcmcia.desc

 MOSNet (That was the TCP/IP i was using to get online) reports "online" but there in no sign of an internet connection and this is NATURAL AS:
 Both the ethernet leds of the card and modem are OFF!
I remember that when the system used to work, both leds were going ON when i was connecting the card with the modem.
 Like i said previously, i have checked the cable with a multimeter and seems ok.

 What do you guys make out of all this? :-?
Should i assume that the modem is damaged with a 99.99% probability or not?

[AmigaMance]

@ RW222

Bear in mind that some cards will refuse to initialise without an ethernet conection present. Therefore if the connectors got a little glitchy for any reason (oxidisation, strain against the plugs) then it might not "see" the link.

 Well, i cleaned-up all the connectors and, in any case, 2 days are just not long enough for the development of oxidation/glitch..

If you're doing something like turning the amiga on, then turning the modem on... that could confuse things.

 I have tried all possible combinations.

Wait a second, this isn't that old PCMCIA reset problem is it...

 Oh, come on! Would this kind of problem allows card_info to recognize the card, or MOSNet to report "online"??...
 I'm running a reset patch anyway.


@ rkauer

Seems like the Lan card have a broked dongle...

 Which side? The ethernet or the PCMCIA connector?
I think i have a spare network card somewhere. I can test this one too and see.

[AmigaMance]

Ok, i have just tried the spare network card. Different card, same symptoms.
Things are exactly as i describe them in previous post. Here is the card_info's output, btw:

Getting PCMCIA card info...

..NETGEAR.FA410TX.Fast Ethernet.

Appears to be a Network card

CCR Offset address (16 bit) = $000400, Config ID = $20

Interface Type 1, uses: WAIT

Getting I/O memory now - remove card if system freezes!

Saving data to t:card_info.bin

card_info done.

 I think this is a normal output, isn't it? :-?

What do you think now, guys?

[AmigaMance]

I had a card showed in the cardinfo, but not working at all (at least no on my Miggy), but work ok on my laptop.

If the card worked once the Amiga, and showed at early startup (or in cardinfo), the logic is ok.

 Yes, it worked once and card_info seems to be ok with it, (assuming that its output that i pasted above is normal) but i don't see any cards in my early startup menu! :-(
 I mean, in the boot options it does say:
"Enabled   Priority 3   ADOS   carddisk-0"
BUT, this is exactly the same indication i get when... there are no cards inserted in the PCMCIA port..
 Should i have read something different when a card is plugged in?? Perhaps it's because the reset patch is not executed yet? (since it's in the s-s)

[AmigaMance]

@rkauer
 I have installed it already.


@all
 I would like to get some feedback from A1200/ethernet card users: Do you see a different entry from this, in the early startup menu with the card plugged in?:
"Enabled Priority 3 ADOS carddisk-0"

 There must be plenty of people here with this configuration, It shouldn't be too hard. I just want to define if it's the modem/cable or not.

[AmigaMance]

@all
I would like to get some feedback from A1200/ethernet card users: Do you see a different entry from this, in the early startup menu with the card plugged in?:
"Enabled Priority 3 ADOS carddisk-0"

There must be plenty of people here with this configuration, It shouldn't be too hard. I just want to define if it's the modem/cable or not.

 Not even one!?  :-/
I believe that what i'm asking is dead simple and it won't take more than 3 minutes...

[AmigaMance]

 Wow, {bleep}ing unbelievable!

 What really pisses me off is that plenty of users with an Amiga1200+PCMCIA network card, read my post and yet they chose to sh*t on me! Ok then! It's your right to choose so!
 And it's not like i asked something big or that i am a flooder/leecher. I always try to help others if i can!

@All with the above mentioned configuration:
 Thanks for nothing. I'm sure that there will be times in the future where i will be able to return the favor...

@The rest
 Sorry about my frustration but i think it's justified.

[AmigaMance]

@pVC
 Thanks man