PCMCIA Linksys WPC11 ver.3 hermes timeouts and disabling MAC port

[Josh Olson <jolson@xxxxxxx>]

Errors:

hermes @ 00010100: Timeout waiting for command 0x0002 completion.
eth1: Error -110 disabling MAC port


The previous occurs when I attempt to:

ifconfig eth1 down

so that I can switch schemes:

cardctl scheme home/mtu

There are other errors but this seems to be the dominant one that puts 
the wireless in an unusable state until I reboot. I have attempted 
cardctl reset 0 but no luck. I have also tried removing the pcmcia card 
and starting and stopping pcmcia services. Any attempts to do:

ifconfig eth1 up

result in:

hermes @ 00010100: BAP0 offset timeout: reg=0x8000 id=0xfc01 offset=0x0
eth1 Error -110 setting MAC address
eth1 Error -110 configuring card
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Connection timed out

I assume this is due to the MAC port being disabled.

The system connects to MTU rovernet as long as the cardctl scheme is set 
to mtu and I reboot. I have eliminated the configuration file as a 
possibility by removing all entries but one (and changing the leading 
line to *,*,*,*))

When attempting to connect to the D-Link the system usually says:
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
eth1: New link status: Assocation Faild (0006)

Although I have not tried this at home where rovernet is not 
broadcasting such a prominant signal. I did not think that would matter.

iwlist scanning lists the D-Link _sometimes_.

System / Setup:

Debian stable / testing on 2.6.15.1 #5

Attempting to use multiple wlans with the following configuration

Card: PCMCIA Linksys WPC11 ver.3
WLAN: rovernet, D-Link DI-514 (free, but works)
Packages Installed: wireless-tools

File Contents: /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts
case "$ADDRESS" in
*,*,*,*)
    INFO="Any ESSID"
    ESSID="any"
    MODE="managed"
    DHCP=y
    ;;
mtu,*,*,*)
    ESSID="MTU"
    MODE="managed"
    DHCP=y
    ;;
home,*,*,*)
    ESSID="home"
    CHANNEL="6"
    MODE="managed"
    DHCP=y
    ;;
esac

/etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

#builtin ee100
iface eth0 inet dhcp

#pcmcia wpc11
iface eth1 inet dhcp

Questions:

Is there a better way to handle multiple WLANs with PCMCIA? I'm fresh to 
Linux wireless, as well as PCMCIA.

Does something look funky with my setup?

Why am I getting hermes errors with a PRISM based card?
--
Josh Olson
System Administrator, Auxiliary Technologies
Michigan Technological University
(906)487-3523