[Soekris] FW: Ethernet interfaces disapear?

[Mitja Muzenic]

Yes, it has happened to me when I inserted the PCI card the wrong way.
DWL-520 is "universal", meaning that it can work on both 3.3V and 5V PCI
buses and is keyed that way. Specifically, it means that the card has *two*
notches in its PCI edge connector. Therefore you can insert it in both ways,
one works flawlessly, the other way completely messes up the PCI bus - no
wi, no sis, which is consistant with the symptoms you are describing.

The proper orientation is with the antenna pointing towards the side with
ethernet and serial connectors, *not* towards the LEDs. Unfortunately, one
tends to insert it the wrong way when testing because of the design of the
enclosure. You have to remove the net4501 board from its case or drill a
hole for the antenna connector.

Hope this helps.

Mitja


> -----Original Message-----
> From: soekris-tech-admin at lists.soekris.com
> [mailto:soekris-tech-admin at lists.soekris.com]On Behalf Of Chris Puccio
> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2003 5:15 AM
> To: soekris-tech at lists.soekris.com
> Subject: [Soekris] FW: Ethernet interfaces disapear?
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> 	I just bought a Dlink DWL-520 PCI card to shove in my
> soekris 4501 as an
> AP and looks like once the card is present, all the ethernet (sis0-2)
> devices are no longer visable during bootup, and neither is the wi
> device.. iv got the kernel configure for the wi pci device, and of course
> the onboard ethernets.
>
> Anybody have this happen to them?
>
> Im using openbsd 3.2 (yes i know its old :> )
>
> Thx!
>