Problems with Netgear wireless PCMCIA card

[Akira]

Hello guys,

If this has been asked before, I am sorry.
I recently purchased a Netgear wireless PCMCIA adapter, compatible with the prism2 driver.

I have an A1200 with an MX1230 030 accel which has 32MB in it, and I am running System 3.0

I am using Miami as my TCP/IP stack (Not Dx, I couldn't get it to run, dunno why, used to work fine before), and while configuring the card as a SANA-II device that uses the prism2.device interface, I could read the card's data and everything.

Now the problem lies when I try to get online. I face one of the following problems:

- Most frequently ocurring problem: when clicking "Online", card's "Link" light gets stuck in either ON or OFF position. Miggy gets frozen until I remove the card.

- Sometimes I get to be online and everything but then, if I try to ping any node in my network, I get no replies.

- Also, I cannot seem to be able to specify DNS servers manually in Miami. This will become a problem further on.

I am conencting to a Linksys Class B wireless access point + router. I have enabled MAC address filtering for security, adding the PCMCIA card's MAC address to the list of allowed addresses. I really don't know what else to do, maybe Miami is at afault (I am using an old version and all), maybe I am misconfiguring something?

Any help will be greatly apreciated. Cheers!

[doctorq]

First of all, have you set the defaults so it connects to your network? And cardreset installed?

[Akira]

All network configuration is manual in my LAN, i gave the card an IP address, the subnet mask, and specified the address of the gateway. All I am missing from that is specifying the DNS servers manually, something I -cannot- find in Miami. even after all this, though, the card will still not receive replies when pinging other computers on the net.

Now, cardreset is not installed because I read I need another util to load first (Cardpatch?) and I do not have that one, and right now , i have no way to acquire it. Should i install it anyway withut Cardpatch? Wouldn't unplugging and re-plugging in the card after the Amiga has booted be the same?

Thanks for your prompt reply, looking forward to more answers

[doctorq]

The prism2 defaults aren't set on your router, it's set on your Amiga. Read the docs that followed the prism2 driver.

Unplugging and plugging in again will do the same as CardReset, so if you can live with it for now, then it's fine I guess.

As for the DNS servers, try to see what the database button contains.

[leofoe]

The MX1230 may not be PCMCIA-friendly.

[Akira]

That is checked. It is PCMCIA friendly. Otherwise the card would not be even recognized.

I would apreciate input from those who have used this particular combo of items (A1200, Netgear wireless card, Miami) since speculation is going to take me nowhere.

[doctorq]

Well, I have, but you still haven't answered my question; have you set the prism2 defaults according to the docs???

[Akira]

Doctor, I am sorry, but at the time of replying, I DID NOT SEE your post!! I am sorry, no mean to be offensive here, just trying to narrow it down.

Now, regarding to your question...

I set the defaults. As far as I know all I had to specify was the network's SSID, which I added to the startup sequence with the specified parameter with the SetPrism2Defaults command. That's as far as strange goes in my network afaik, since I use no sort of keys, just MAC Address filtering.

Any ideas? Any sort of thing I am missing? Perhaps Miami needs to be configured differently as well?

[doctorq]

Since you have MAC adress filtering, have you pressed "Query device" at any time while setting up Miami? Otherwise the MAC adress will not be read, so a mac adress full of 0 will try to connect to your network, instead of the actual MAC adress of the ethernet card.

Furthermore, have you got pccard.library installed in libs:?

[Akira]

Yes, I query the device EVERY time before going "online"

[doctorq]

Akira wrote:
Yes, I query the device EVERY time before going "online"

Well, you only need to do it once, unless you don't save your settings ;-)

[Akira]

cool to know.
Thanks for going through this with me by the way.

Still, no bananas. Card would not connect to the bloody network.

[doctorq]

I'm out of ideas. I have earlier made this guide to help people setup ethernet cards on A600 and A1200. Maybe there is something you can use anyway.

I use Miami Deluxe myself, and have no problems at all going online with my A1200D. Other than wrong MAC adress inserted in router settings, IP and subnet mask I'm out of ideas.

[Akira]

Maybe Deluxe DOES make a difference. My old verison might be to blame. I'll try that as well. And read the guide. Thanks!

[Akira]

Arrrrrrgh I'm pulling my hair out here.

Changed a few things that I had different looking at your guide, but I still get same most happening error: When hitting online, LINK light freeszes in ON or OFF position, and Amiga cursor locks up unless I disconnect the card.