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

[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. If you're doing something like turning the amiga on, then turning the modem on... that could confuse things. Turn the modem on first, then turn the amiga on. Also double check your modem hasn't got an uplink/lan switch for the ethernet port that you've knocked. One setting will be a "crossover" for connecting direct to a router or hub, the other is straight through for connecting direct to a PC or in this case the Amiga.

RW222

[RW222]

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

""The A1200 (and A600?) PCMCIA-port has a bug which causes some PCMCIA-cards
(especially ethernet-cards) not to work after hardreset until you remove
the card and insert it again while power is on.

It seems as if the A1200 is not generating any reset-signal for the PCMCIA-
port. The problem is easily solved by soldering a 10uF capacitor between
CC_RESET and and Vcc. The CC_RESET is active high. The cathode (-) of the
capacitor should be at CC_RESET.
""