Sorry for the noise, you are right carrier is the same,
(pci-card which takes a pcmcia card), i had not checked dmesg 
after install on the 164LX, netgear pcmcia 11b(prism 2.5?)
works while 2.0 does not.PCI number is alpha machine specific
-Mel


On Mon, 2004-01-12 at 23:56, David Young wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 11, 2004 at 10:30:36AM +0000, mel kravitz wrote:
> > On the 164LX same card(1.6ZG) in 32 bit slot :
> > wi0 at pci0 dev 5 function 0: Global Sun Tech GL24110P PCI IEEE 802.11b 
> > (rev. 0x02)wi0: interrupting at eb164 irq 2
> > wi0: 802.11 address 00:09:5b:31:1b:bewi0: using RF:PRISM2.5 
> > MAC:ISL3873B(PCMCIA)
> > wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary (1.0.7), Station (1.3.6)
> > wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps 5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> > is usable and gives (ifconfig wi0):
> 
> That does not look to me like the same card as in
> <http://mail-index.netbsd.org/port-alpha/2003/12/21/0000.html>:
> 
>     Dec 20 04:14:09 casey211 /netbsd: wi0 at pci0 dev 11 function 0:
>         Global Sun Tech GL24110P PCI IEEE 802.11b (rev. 0x02)
>     Dec 20 04:14:09 casey211 /netbsd: wi0: interrupting at kn20aa irq 0
>     Dec 20 04:14:09 casey211 /netbsd: wi0: 802.11 address 00:60:b3:74:30:3c
>     Dec 20 04:14:09 casey211 /netbsd: wi0: using RF:PRISM2 MAC:HFA3841
>         CARD:HWB3163 rev.A
>     Dec 20 04:14:09 casey211 /netbsd: wi0: Intersil Firmware: Primary
>         (0.3.0), Station (0.8.3)
>     Dec 20 04:14:09 casey211 /netbsd: wi0: 11b rates: 1Mbps 2Mbps
>         5.5Mbps 11Mbps
> 
> It looks to me like you switched cards and you switched PCI slots.
> 
> Dave
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mel kravitz <melk@switchpwr.com>
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