i'm currently trying to setup a wireless network in my apartment. to do this, i installed a 2nd ethernet in the computer that'll act as the firewall and then connected that ethernet card to the wireless router. the firewall (my internet access i'm using right now) has just had its kernel recompiled w/ any options i felt would allow for a wireless LAN, and then things started to freeze once i had connected the 2nd ethernet card w/ the router attached. by freeze, i mean i'm in KDE 3.1 and everything locks up and i have to restart (and check the fs) twice.
things are currently stable, as i removed the 2nd ethernet card, but i'm not sure they will remain that way. i checked the syslog for the times of lockup and got only this (on the 2nd freeze up):
... (same eth0 messages)
Jul 19 18:51:47 myth kernel: eth1: (69) System Error occured (0)
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register c0.
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: Flags; bus-master 1, dirty 26(10) current 26(10)
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: Transmit list 00000000 vs. c15cd480.
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 0: @c15cd200 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 1: @c15cd240 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 2: @c15cd280 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 3: @c15cd2c0 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 4: @c15cd300 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 5: @c15cd340 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 6: @c15cd380 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 7: @c15cd3c0 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 8: @c15cd400 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 9: @c15cd440 length 8000001e status 8001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 10: @c15cd480 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 11: @c15cd4c0 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 12: @c15cd500 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 13: @c15cd540 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 14: @c15cd580 length 8000001e status 0001001e
Jul 19 18:52:06 myth kernel: 15: @c15cd5c0 length 8000001e status 0001001e
... (repeat the eth0 stuff more, then nothing after i reset)
the above section is notable b/c it cites eth1, the newly installed ethernet card. i'm not sure what this is telling me.
i also made a poor choice in wireless ethernet cards, as i acquired a product that has (what i'm to understand) extremely limited support under linux: the D-Link DWL-520+. provided i'm not being a doofus, this means it requires the Texas Instruments ACX100 driver, which is a project currently in development
http://acx100.sourceforge.net/
i'm trying to get the remote computers up and running, but the incomplete support on the acx100 makes this slow (progress-wise). if anyone else has experience w/ getting the acx100 drivers to work, holler at me about it. how did it go?
thanks ahead of time for reading my ass-long post, and any suggestions on why this configuration locked up are welcome. maybe it was some IRQ issue....?
