pcmcia-card prblem - new post

From: Louis Woods (louis_at_swissart.biz)
Date: 09/24/05

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    Hi

    I am reposting my problem (see blow), because I was told I was using a
    subect line already in use:

    "pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) causes computer to get extremly slow ..."

    Regards,
    Louis

    > Hi all,
    >
    > I have installed my pcmcia-card (netgear wg511t) using "madwifi". I
    > could make the wireless-connection work, however as soon as I insert
    > the pcmcia card the system get's really slow as if the card is using
    > up all of the memory. Interesting is that I have noticed this
    > behaviour even before I have installed the madwifi driver, which lets
    > me assume that it rather has something to do with the configuration of
    > the pcmcia-cs package. I am using the following kernel:
    > 2.6.8-2-386
    > In an earlier installation I used a 2.4-Kernel and didn't seem to have
    > this problem. Should pcmcia-cs only be used with 2.4-Kernels?
    >
    > This is what I get when I look into dmesg:
    >
    > PCI: Enabling device 0000:03:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
    > ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:03:00.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
    > Build date: Sep 24 2005
    > Debugging version (IEEE80211)
    > ath0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
    > ath0: 11g rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps
    > 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
    > ath0: turboG rates: 6Mbps 9Mbps 12Mbps 18Mbps 24Mbps 36Mbps 48Mbps 54Mbps
    > ath0: H/W encryption support: WEP AES AES_CCM TKIP
    > ath0: mac 5.9 phy 4.3 radio 4.6
    > ath0: Use hw queue 1 for WME_AC_BE traffic
    > ath0: Use hw queue 0 for WME_AC_BK traffic
    > ath0: Use hw queue 2 for WME_AC_VI traffic
    > ath0: Use hw queue 3 for WME_AC_VO traffic
    > ath0: Use hw queue 8 for CAB traffic
    > ath0: Use hw queue 9 for beacons
    > Debugging version (ATH)
    > ath0: Atheros 5212: mem=0x10800000, irq=10
    > ath0: no IPv6 routers present
    >
    > This is my /etc/network/interfaces file:
    >
    > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
    > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
    >
    > # The loopback network interface
    > auto lo
    > iface lo inet loopback
    >
    > # The primary network interface
    > auto eth0
    > iface eth0 inet dhcp
    > name Ethernet LAN card
    >
    > # The wireless network interface
    > auto ath0
    > iface ath0 inet dhcp
    > wireless-essid LWSHOME
    > wireless-enc restricted
    > wireless-key CDKDB800C5F788CCCFF0C4200
    > name Unknown interface type
    >
    >
    >
    > Any idea where I should be looking for the problem. I am also happy to
    > provide additional information to how my system is setup.
    >
    > Thank you in advance.
    >
    > Louis
    >
    > 

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