Re: [NTLK] D-Link DWL-650 doesn't work

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Thu Oct 03 2002 - 14:10:06 EDT


On 03/10/02 13:13, "BarryLundy_at_aol.com" <BarryLundy_at_aol.com> wrote:

> In a message dated 10/3/02 10:00:50 AM, laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com writes:
>
> << I'm not so sure, but what's the value displayed next to that chip?
>
> -Laurent.
> -- >>
>
> 3627xx
> then it just changed as I was typing to
> 357428
> and now I notice it's contantly changing, but staying around 350xx
> now 383900
> you get the jist....

That's the free heap you have on your 2100, around 350000 bytes, or 350 KB,
which is normal. If you tap on the number, like Michael suggested, you force
garbage collection so that number might increases slightly.

Now, what is less normal is the error messages that there isn't enough
memory to do what you want, when you are trying to connect to the Internet.
That shouldn't be the case with the amount of free heap you have.

I therefore conclude that something must have run amok in your system soup
somwhere, or something else is wrong and I'm afraid that the only what to
get out of that would be doing a hard reset. Of course, I cannot offer any
guarantee that this would fix it, but I fail to see any other fix.
Naturally, do a full backup before if you can, so that you might be able to
restore a few things like Names and Dates, but I would advise you against
restoring the System information, assuming that everything is fine after you
do a hard reset, this also assuming that this is the path that you will want
to take.

Unless someone has a better solution, of course!

-Laurent.

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