Reyk Floeter wrote:

>On Sun, Aug 21, 2005 at 11:39:24AM -0400, Ian Darwin wrote:
>
>
>>ural0: SMC 802.11g Wireless USB Adapter, rev 2.00/10.00, addr 2
>>ural0: could not read MAC register: STALLED
>>ural0: could not read EEPROM: STALLED
>>ural0: could not read EEPROM: STALLED
>>ural0: could not read EEPROM: STALLED
>>ural0: could not read EEPROM: STALLED
>>ural0: MAC/BBP RT2570 (rev 0x00), RF RT2524, address 00:00:00:00:00:00
>>
>>It works under weendows(tm) so it's not DOA. At least to the point of
>>being recognized and showing a list of networks to join.
>>
>>
>>
>
>could you show us the MAC address which is used in windows?
>
>some windows/linux drivers are using a 'default' MAC address if EEPROM
>access had failed.
>
>reyk
>
>
Gladly, it's:

ian:4$ cat /shared/smc.txt
C:> ipconfig/all
<snip>
Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection 3:

Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : SMC2862W-G EZ Connect g
802.11g Wire
less USB 2.0 Adapter
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-04-E2-ED-E2-F8
ian:5$

I left the ipconfig/all in in case anybody else needs to know how to get
device driver hardware information under Windows XP.