proxim/orinoco silver issue

["Robert D. Crawford" <rdc1x@comcast.net>]

I have a fresh Sarge install on my Sony Vaio pcgr505 that I am trying to
get a wireless pcmcia card installed under.  cardctl ident sees the card
as "Agere Systems Wireless PC Card Model 0110, so I added the following
lines to /etc/pcmcia/config.opts:

card "Agere Systems Wireless PC Card Model 0110"
   manfid 0x0156, 0x0003
   bind "orinoco_cs"

After doing an lsmod and making sure that orinoco, orinoco_cs, and the
hermes modules are loaded, I insert the card and get a message telling
me that:

kernel: eth2: failed to read MAC address!

on inserting the card I get one beep and one boop.  I get one beep when
removing the card.  

I have done _no_ configuration of the network params for this card.  I
am not sure why it chose eth2.  I have only one other interface in this
vaio, and it is the eepro.

I have searched google and have tried the one fix that I found.  It
involved changing "include port" lines in the config.opts file, but it
didn;t work for me.

More info can be sent on request.

Thanks,

rdc

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Robert D. Crawford                                      rdc1x@comcast.net

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