Is anyone else using wi(4) PRISM2/2.5/3 cards on macppc?  It hasn't
worked on my PB2400 in a long time.  Yet I don't hear anyone else
complaining, so I wonder if there is some mistake on my end.
Are successful users out there?

The symptom is that the card attaches and configures normally, but
doesn't work.

If i set the nwid to "", the lights on the card indicate it's found a
network, and my network's text ssid and MAC address bssid show up
readably in wiconfig.  but the ssid does not show up in ifconfig.
ifconfig says 'ssid ""' and 'status: no network'.

If I start tcpdump and dhclient, I can't see any packets, even the
ones dhclient is supposedly sending.  dhclient doesn't get a lease.

'wiconfig wi0 -D' reports "No APs available" even though my AP's name
shows up under ssid in 'wiconfig wi0'.

If I set the suspect PB2400 to 'nwid blahblah mediaopt adhoc' and set
my AP also to 'mediaopt adhoc', _the card works_, tcpdump works,
dhclient works, I can ssh to things.

Other people in the house have no problems using the AP in its usual
'mediaopt hostap' way.

If I invert their roles and set the PB2400 to 'mediaopt hostap' and
set my i386 AP to be the client, again, _the card works_.  The i386
can scan the PB2400 with 'wiconfig wi0 -D' and associate to it.

If I swap cards between the AP and the macppc, the problem stays with
the macppc---it does not follow the wireless card.

Both the suspect client and the AP are 2.0 BETA 2004-05-27.  The AP is
i386, and the client is macppc PB2400.

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