PCMCIA Recognition

[Phil Savoie]

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.  

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.  

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