Hello, all- I am hoping to set up a multia as an ad-hoc access point at home, but have run into what I suspect are problems with the encryption. In an attempt to address as few variables at a time as possible, I am tryng to get the wvlan_cs module working on my laptop (IBM T20) in the office first, before I try to get it working between the laptop nad the Multia. The laptop was working cheerfully with roamabout_cs, but is behaving as if the encryption isn't working with wvlan_cs. No obvious errors are being generated. The keys being used are identical in both cases, and yet the wvlan module does (apparently) nothing. The only differences that I have managed to see between the two is that roamabout_cs.o ends up w/ io=0x200, while wvlan_cs.o uses io=0x100, and the wvlan_cs.o reports the MAC address of eth0 twice. I have also forced wvlan_cs.o to use io=0x200, but that didn't make any difference. Based on a cursory look at the roamabout_cs source code, it looks like it just runs the characters in the key together the same way the s:foo [1] syntax does for wvlan_cs.o. I don't know the firmware rev on the card, and can't seem to find it... I feel like I must be missing something obvious, and any pointers would be appreciated. Thanks, David Here are a couple of excerpts from /var/log/syslog: With roamabout_cs.o: Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.22 Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: kernel build: 2.2.18 #2 Thu Dec 14 02:01:44 EST 2000 Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm] [pnp] Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xfdee0 Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f6cb0 Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: PnP: PNP BIOS version 1.0, entry at f0000:b1f9, dseg at 400 Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: Intel PCIC probe: Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: TI 1450 rev 03 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:02, mem 0x50000000 Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: host opts [0]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 11] [lat 64/176] [bus 2/4] Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: host opts [1]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 11] [lat 64/176] [bus 5/7] Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,5,9,10 PCI status changes Mar 5 18:14:34 ur cardmgr[1327]: starting, version is 3.1.22 Mar 5 18:14:34 ur cardmgr[1327]: watching 2 sockets Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: clean. Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: clean. Mar 5 18:14:34 ur kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean. Mar 5 18:14:35 ur cardmgr[1327]: initializing socket 0 Mar 5 18:14:35 ur kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean. Mar 5 18:14:35 ur cardmgr[1327]: socket 0: Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS Mar 5 18:14:35 ur cardmgr[1327]: executing: 'modprobe roamabout_cs network_name=foo station_name=bar enable_encryption=y key_1=fookeyone key_2=fookeytwo key_3=fookeythree key_4=fookeyfour transmit_key_id=1' Mar 5 18:14:35 ur kernel: RoamAbout attach: Mar 5 18:14:35 ur kernel: eth0: RoamAbout 802.11 DS, io_addr 0x200, irq 3, mac_address 00:E0:63:50:5E:1D Mar 5 18:14:35 ur cardmgr[1327]: executing: './network start eth0' Mar 5 18:14:35 ur cardmgr[1327]: + SIOCSIWMODE: Operation not supported Mar 5 18:14:35 ur cardmgr[1327]: + SIOCSIWRATE: Operation not supported Mar 5 18:14:35 ur cardmgr[1327]: + SIOCSIWENCODE(95): Operation not supported Mar 5 18:14:35 ur cardmgr[1327]: + SIOCSIWESSID: Operation not supported Mar 5 18:14:35 ur pumpd[1153]: PUMP: sending discover With wvlan_cs.o: Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.1.22 Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: kernel build: 2.2.18 #2 Thu Dec 14 02:01:44 EST 2000 Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus] [apm] [pnp] Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: PCI routing table version 1.0 at 0xfdee0 Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: PnP: PNP BIOS installation structure at 0xc00f6cb0 Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: PnP: PNP BIOS version 1.0, entry at f0000:b1f9, dseg at 400 Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: Intel PCIC probe: Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: TI 1450 rev 03 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:02, mem 0x50000000 Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: host opts [0]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 11] [lat 64/176] [bus 2/4] Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: host opts [1]: [ring] [serial pci & irq] [pci irq 11] [lat 64/176] [bus 5/7] Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) = 3,5,9,10 PCI status changes Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0200-0x04ff: clean. Mar 5 18:11:54 ur kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean. Mar 5 18:11:54 ur cardmgr[1182]: starting, version is 3.1.22 Mar 5 18:11:54 ur cardmgr[1182]: watching 2 sockets Mar 5 18:11:55 ur cardmgr[1182]: initializing socket 0 Mar 5 18:11:55 ur kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean. Mar 5 18:11:55 ur cardmgr[1182]: socket 0: Cabletron RoamAbout 802.11 DS Mar 5 18:11:55 ur cardmgr[1182]: executing: 'modprobe wvlan_cs network_name=foo port_type=1 eth=1' Mar 5 18:11:55 ur kernel: wvlan_cs: WaveLAN/IEEE PCMCIA driver v1.0.5 Mar 5 18:11:55 ur kernel: wvlan_cs: (c) Andreas Neuhaus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mar 5 18:11:55 ur kernel: wvlan_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0200-0x023f Mar 5 18:11:55 ur kernel: wvlan_cs: Registered netdevice eth0 Mar 5 18:11:55 ur kernel: wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth0 is 00 e0 63 50 5e 1d Mar 5 18:11:55 ur cardmgr[1182]: executing: './network start eth0' Mar 5 18:11:55 ur kernel: wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth0 is 00 e0 63 50 5e 1d Mar 5 18:11:55 ur pumpd[1153]: PUMP: sending discover -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]