PCMCIA Recognition

[Jeff Vian]

Phil Savoie wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>Awhile back I had asked this question and didn't really recieve any response 
>that I can remember.  My setup is an Inspiron 7500 Dell Laptop using a 
>Netgear FA-511 cardbus PCMCIA adapter.  
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>Normally when I install I do a network install so I am perplexed by what is 
>happening.  After the net install using the Netgear card in the pcmcia slot, 
>on reboot, the cards lights are on indicating a connection.  On further 
>inspection there is no dhcp setting set even though I set this on install.  
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Yep, happens a lot with pcmcia network devices.
Check out the order of services being started in the /etc/rcX.d folders.
If the network gets started before the pcmcia services this happens.

>I have to manually unplug the Netgear card and plug it back in, wait a few 
>seconds and then I hve successful pings.
>
>Could anyone please help me determine the the heck is going on as to why the 
>pcmcia service/eth0 device is not playing nice?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Phil
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