[c-nsp] Cisco 2821 and HWIC-1FE

[Oliver Boehmer (oboehmer)]

Bernd,

12.4(11)XJ is actually a "newer" version than 12.4(16). 12.4XJ is based
on a 12.4T release, so it has newer features compared to 12.4 mainline.
So you don't downgrade, you rather upgrade. 12.4(15)T also support those
new HWICs.

	oli

Bernd Ueberbacher <> wrote on Monday, July 23, 2007 10:26 AM:

> Hi there!
> 
> As discussed here some time ago, I needed a third routed interface for
> my 2821 and today I got this cute HWIC-1FE. Installed it, booted
> (12.4(16)) and got a "GT96K_FEWAN-1-UNKNOWN_WIC: NM slot 0, wic card
> has an unknown id 53A". The module was no longer cute to me and I
> googled some time till I found this post in the Cisco forums:
> 
> [quote]
> I'll answer my own question here:
> 
> I didn't receive any feedback from the community that directly helped
> me solve my issue. And I don't have any kind of support from Cisco
> for this device. So after searching everywhere without luck for a
> solution (message boards, lists, web etc etc), I used the brute-force
> method. I tried about 10 different versions of IOS until I found one
> that worked. I don't know why this older version worked, but it did.
> 
> Version 12.4(11)XJ
> 
> So if you have a 2811 and you need to get an HWIC-1FE card working,
> use that IOS.
> 
> show diag now shows it recognized:
> 
> WIC Slot 2:
> 1 Port FE HWIC
> Hardware Revision : 2.0
> [/quote]
> 
> 
> I haven't tried it yet, but is DOWNGRADING really the only way to get
> this module to work??
> 
> 
> Thanks and have a nice day,
> Bernd
> 
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