intel 2011 vs. orinoco on Linux

[Robert Lipe]

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>> eth0      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:""  Nickname:"rjlaptop"
>>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
>>           Bit Rate:1Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:0/3
>>           Retry limit:16   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=0 B
>>           Encryption key:off
>>           Power Management:off
>>           Link Quality:0/92  Signal level:134/153  Noise level:134/153
>>           Rx invalid nwid:0  invalid crypt:0  invalid misc:0


>        Maybe setting an ESSID would help. Please try :
>                > iwconfig eth0 essid "xxxxx"
>                > iwpriv eth0 force_reset
>        And show us what iwconfig says after that.


I had tinkered quite a bit with the ESSID.   I optimized that out of my 
query and that was unwise.   Sorry.

After running the commands above, I see no substantial difference.

EEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"linksys"  Nickname:"rjlaptop"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:0/3
          Retry limit:16   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=0 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0/92  Signal level:134/153  Noise level:134/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  invalid crypt:0  invalid misc:0

Additionally, the card never gets out of "slow blinking green led" mode
and into "led indicates wan activity" mode.  Encryption is disabled on
the router as well.

>         Please also give us the content of /proc/interrupts to see if
> irqs are properly delivered.

(robertl) rjlaptop:/home/robertl
$ cat /proc/interrupts
           CPU0
  0:      59820          XT-PIC  timer
  1:       1764          XT-PIC  keyboard
  2:          0          XT-PIC  cascade
  3:         22          XT-PIC  orinoco_cs
  5:       6753          XT-PIC  Maestro3(i)
  8:          1          XT-PIC  rtc
 10:          0          XT-PIC  usb-uhci
 11:          6          XT-PIC  O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6812 Cardbus Controller
 12:       1176          XT-PIC  PS/2 Mouse
 14:      25232          XT-PIC  ide0
 15:          2          XT-PIC  ide1
NMI:          0
ERR:          0

Interrupts are delivered, but they're coming in pretty slowly.

I tried just setting an IP address (ifconfig eth0 address up) and doing
a ping in the hopes that I could see the transmits on the wire of the LAN.
No dice.   So it really looks like the card can't see the access point.
Is there anything additional I can check?


Thanx for the help.
RJL