having trouble with Merlin C-201 CDMA card

[Daniel Finn]

FreeBSD stewie.thna.net 5.2.1-RELEASE FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23
20:45:55 GMT 2004
root at wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC  i386

this is on a dell inspiron 2650.

The system sees the card, here's the dmesg output:

pccard0: CIS checksum failed
pccard0: Allocation failed for cfe 13
sio4: <Novatel Wireless CDMA 1.9GHz> at port 0x2f8-0x2ff,0x3e8-0x3ef irq
10 function 0 config 21 on pccard0
sio4: type 16550A
sio4: unable to activate interrupt in fast mode - using normal mode

I tried to get this working using the instructions from:
http://people.freebsd.org/~nsayer/

here's my ppp.log file:

Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: Phase: Using interface: tun0
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: Phase: deflink: Created in closed state
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: default: ident user-ppp
VERSION
(built COMPILATIONDATE)
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: default: set device
/dev/cuaa1
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: default: set speed 115200
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: default: set dial ABORT
BUSY ABO
RT NO\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5            "" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \dATDT\T
TIMEOUT 40
 CONNECT
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: default: set timeout 180
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: default: enable dns
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: inet: set openmode active
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: inet: set mru 576
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: inet: set device
/dev/cuaa4
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: inet: set speed 19200
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: inet: set dial ABORT ERROR
"" AT
\\APPP\r\c CONNECT
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: inet: dial
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: bundle: Establish
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: deflink: closed -> opening
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: PPP Started (interactive
mode).
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Connected!
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: deflink: opening -> dial
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Chat: deflink: Dial attempt 1 of 1
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Chat: Send: AT\APPP^M
Jun  3 14:36:12 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Chat: Expect(30): CONNECT
Jun  3 14:36:19 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Command: /dev/ttyv0: dial
Jun  3 14:36:25 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: /dev/ttyv0: Client
connection clos
ed.
Jun  3 14:36:25 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Disconnected!
Jun  3 14:36:25 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: deflink: dial -> logout
Jun  3 14:36:25 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: deflink: logout -> hangup
Jun  3 14:36:25 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Disconnected!
Jun  3 14:36:25 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Connect time: 13
secs: 0
octets in, 0 octets out
Jun  3 14:36:25 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: deflink: 0 packets in, 0
packets o
ut
Jun  3 14:36:25 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase:  total 0 bytes/sec, peak 0
bytes/s
ec on Thu Jun  3 14:36:12 2004
Jun  3 14:36:25 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: deflink: hangup -> closed
Jun  3 14:36:25 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: bundle: Dead
Jun  3 14:36:25 stewie ppp[620]: tun0: Phase: PPP Terminated (normal).
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: Phase: Using interface: tun0
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: Phase: deflink: Created in closed state
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: default: ident user-ppp
VERSION
(built COMPILATIONDATE)
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: default: set device
/dev/cuaa1
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: default: set speed 115200
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: default: set dial ABORT
BUSY ABO
RT NO\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5            "" AT OK-AT-OK ATE1Q0 OK \dATDT\T
TIMEOUT 40
 CONNECT
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: default: set timeout 180
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: default: enable dns
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: inet: set openmode active
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: inet: set mru 576
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: inet: set device
/dev/cuaa4
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: inet: set speed 19200
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: inet: set dial ABORT ERROR
"" AT
\\APPP\r\c CONNECT
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Command: inet: dial
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Phase: bundle: Establish
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Phase: deflink: closed -> opening
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Phase: PPP Started (interactive
mode).
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Phase: deflink: Connected!
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Phase: deflink: opening -> dial
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Chat: deflink: Dial attempt 1 of 1
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Chat: Send: AT\APPP^M
Jun  3 14:39:47 stewie ppp[661]: tun0: Chat: Expect(30): CONNECT


Then when running "ppp inet" it completely locks my system up, if the card
is plugged in and I remove it it completely locks my system up, if I
symlink /dev/cuaa0 -> /dev/modem and then try to access it using minicom
it completely locks my system up.

Does anyone have any ideas.  It works fine under windows but I have having
to reboot to windows for any reason at all.

Thanks,
Dan Finn