[ltp] PCMCIA wireless

[Jason Brooks]

The broadcom doesn't support power settings in linux yet as far as I
know. There should be a way to keep it from going into power save
mode. That is where the problems usually happen.

On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 4:17 AM, Simon Royal <mrsimonroyal@gmail.com> wrote=
:
> Jason
>
> I tried my Broadcom based Buffalo PCMCIA card and it does not lock up Ubu=
ntu.
>
> There is something up with the PCMCIA slot, it is very fussy under
> Ubuntu or maybe Ubuntu is just fussy over wireless in general.
>
> RaLink based Edimax PCMCIA card - power issues.
> Intel based MiniPCI card - lock ups after a few mins.
> Zydas based USB stick - no problems.
> Broadcom based Buffalo PCMCIA card - no problems (so far).
>
> Simon
>
> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 10:19 AM, Jay Brooks <jaybrooks76@gmail.com> wrot=
e:
>> Zydas was purchased by atheros a while back. Belkin and ativa made usb
>> sticks based off of that chipset.=C2=A0 It is a bear to get working. I w=
ould go
>> and get a better card. You know in the bios you should be able to turn o=
ff
>> the power save settings for pci and pcmcia. Did you try that? I had the =
same
>> issues with a mpci card that was fixed by turning off that feature.
>>
>> Sent via MOTOBLUR=E2=84=A2 on Verizon Wireless
>>
>> -----Original message-----
>>
>> From: Simon Royal <mrsimonroyal@gmail.com>
>> To: Linux ThinkPad <linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org>
>> Sent: Mon, 17 Jan 2011 08:25:10 GMT+00:00
>> Subject: [ltp] PCMCIA wireless
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> Ive had a number of power problems under Ubuntu and finally worked out i=
t
>> was to do with my Edimax PCMCIA wireless card.
>>
>> It works fine but causes oddities when running off battery. I know it so=
unds
>> odd but I have tried everything else to resolve it locking up under batt=
ery
>> and without it in it works fine. So I switched to a USB wireless stick.
>>
>> Now, I broke one of my USB ports yesterday and would like to free up the
>> other one by getting rid of the USB wireless stick I have.
>>
>> What I would like to know is, is my lock up problems going to happen wit=
h
>> any PCMCIA wireless card or just my Edimax which is RaLink based.
>>
>> My USB stick is a PlusCom which in Windows shows up as a ZyDas. It is 11=
21B
>> based, which is not RaLink.
>>
>> I have a Broadcom based Buffalo card floating around which I know works
>> under Linux with additional drivers available.
>>
>> I need to work out whether it is the PCMCIA bus causing problems or just=
 the
>> card.
>>
>> Any help, advice or previous experience appreciated.
>>
>> Simon
>>
>
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