prism2.device and Miami Dx can work...

[TheGoose]

Nearly got my WiFi card working in my A1200T. I'm having a problem with the computer freezing up when I try to connect the stack.

I think I read somewhere there is a conflict with prism2.device and Subway, maybe on the English board? Not sure. I have a Subway in the machine, but it not started automatically on boot up. I have to trigger the Posiden software.

Any thoughts on prism2.device and Miami, ?? appreciated.

(could go either in software or hardware forums, don't know yet...)

[TheGoose]

prism2.device and Miami DX works just fine. Have been using it for a couple of years on my A1200T setup.

Right, but I'm after info about why it is hanging my system up...

[TheGoose]

Ok, I'm not alone at least, this sounds very much like my "freeze":

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=20912&page=3

But there was no solution there so I'll keep going...

[TheGoose]

There is no issue with Subway and prism2.device since I have been using those 2 (Subway+prism2.device) under Genesis in OS3.9 and under AmiTCP in OS3.1 and worked with no issue.

Do you have CardReset and CardPatch in your Startup-Sequence?

Worked on it last night, yes I do have those and they work with the card fine. Every time I put in prism2.device and click 'Continue' or 'Online' , Miami it just freezes the whole machine.

But, one session it behaved normal and I was able to use the 'query device' option and got the MAC address and everything. Saved the config.

Really frustrating, no error, no nothing, just doesn't work.

[TheGoose]

Don't know if it would make any difference, but did you throw the prism2 setup string with your WiFi network SID and key into your startup sequence?

I have done that, and wonder if my SetPrism2Defaults is causing trouble?

Then sometimes I comment it out, and do it from CLI for trial and error purposes. I just hope the 12 bucks one coming works better.

I know the PCMCIA slot is okay, I have used it with a wired ethernet card many times with cnet.device.

[TheGoose]

I guess a trip over to the crapbuntu machine is in order...

[TheGoose]

Actually, this is ringing a bell, the very first card I got was a Netgear, I believe, and it did the same thing on my A1200.  I tested it in a PC laptop and it didn't work there either, so I figured the card was broken.

Well it's working! The old card I was using was crap, and is now safe and sound in cat little box. I had to use WEP and downgrade the wireless to just b/g and then it all came to life. It looks like hell but the connection is pretty zippy. Only thing I had on the machine was Aweb SE.

But hell it's a wireless Amiga! I am using a Orinoco Gold 802.11b Wireless PC Card I got for $12.00 off of Amazon!

[TheGoose]

Very awesome

Whats the specs of your 1200?

Well it's pretty much to the max:

A1200T AOS3.9 (Power Tower case)
Blizzard 603e+ PPC with B-Vision 68040 25Mhz PPC 200Mhz
128 MB RAM
Subway USB
Mediator PCI bus board
PCMCIA WiFi card
4 device IDE interface
80 Gig Maxtor HD, CDROM
Microdeal AMAS (Advanced MIDI Amiga Sampler)