[wplug] wireless pain - wpc11

[Alexandros Papadopoulos]

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On Thursday 24 October 2002 08:17, bgtrio at yahoo.com wrote:
> I just installed debian on an aging thinkpad, and I went out and bought
> myself a spiffy new wireless card for it- a Linksys WPC11.  I found a nice
> howto online for it, followed the instructions as far as I can tell.
> However, when I insert the card, I first get a happy pcmcia "I recognize
> this card" beep, then the following message:
> p80211knetdev_hard_start_xmit: Tx attempt prior to association, frame
> dropped.
>

A shot in the dark. Are you sure the wireless interface is down prior to 
inserting the card? Does this happen _immediately_ after plugging it in, or 
does the kernel get to try to send anything outbound? I've seen this message 
before, but can't remember in what context... :-(

- -A 

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