[plug] PCMCIA->PCI bridge?

[James Bromberger]

On Sun, Jun 02, 2002 at 05:18:16PM +1000, Andrew Furey wrote:
> I'm trying to get a Belkin F5D6000z wireless PCMCIA ->
> desktop PCI adapter working (Debian woody, 2.2.18
> kernel).
> The pcmcia-cs programs seem to not recognise the
> adapter at all. From what I can gather it uses a
> PLX9052 chipset (can't confirm this, it's in the
> machine at present).

I once had a bridge that was PCI 2.2, and I was trying to put it 
into a Pentium style machine, which was only PCI2.1 It would see 
the device, sometimes, but not be able to use it. Checking your hardware
would be a starting point...
 
> I've done a bit of searching but I can hardly find any
> mention of this card at all, much less with 2.2. I can
> upgrade to 2.4.18 if really necessary, although it's
> not my first choice (various ipchains/iptables
> issues).

Ipchains commands can be used with iptables; there are wrapper scripts to 
help you do this (almost) transparently. IPtables is much more powerful. 
You really *should* try 2.4. Especially with Debian: apt-get install 
kernel-image-2.4.18-<flavour>. I generally only run the Debian packaged 
kernels now and find them to be very good.

There are a *lot* more drivers in 2.4 than 2.2. 

> Anyone had any luck with these beasts? Or should I try
> and flog it off to a Windoze user? ;)

I ended up getting a PCMCIA -> ISA bridge, so dodged the PCI problem. 
They have worked well for me with the 2.2 and 2.4 kernels. 


  James
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