Whether the cable is connected is not important 

Forum: PCMCIA Multifunction Card Issues
Re: 3CXEM556BT network not recognized (Pam Akazawa)
Re: There may be nothing wrong (David Hinds)
Re: low beep without network (Pam Akazawa)
Date: 2000, Apr 28
From: David Hinds <dhinds@pcmcia.sourceforge.org>

I still suggest the same two things: check your system log, and run "netconf" to configure the interface. A low beep is always accompanied by a system log message describing the error. -- Dave

Messages Inline: Outline:

1. contents of dmesg by Pam Akazawa, 2000, Apr 29

(_ I don't think this is a PCMCIA problem; the messages are fine by David Hinds, 2000, May 01

(_ used this card in the past. by Pam Akazawa, 2000, May 01

(_ I'm stumped by David Hinds, 2000, May 01

(_ ??? IRQ conflict???? by Pam Akazawa, 2000, May 07

(_ This is not an irq or port problem by David Hinds, 2000, May 08

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