QETH_DBF_TEXT(setup, 3, "setoffl");
        QETH_DBF_HEX(setup, 3, &card, sizeof(void *));
-
+       
+       netif_carrier_off(card->dev);
        recover_flag = card->state;
        if (qeth_stop_card(card, recovery_mode) == -ERESTARTSYS){
                PRINT_WARN("Stopping card %s interrupted by user!\n",
 qeth_schedule_recovery(struct qeth_card *card)
 {
        QETH_DBF_TEXT(trace,2,"startrec");
-
        if (qeth_set_thread_start_bit(card, QETH_RECOVER_THREAD) == 0)
                schedule_work(&card->kernel_thread_starter);
 }
                                           "IP address reset.\n",
                                           QETH_CARD_IFNAME(card),
                                           card->info.chpid);
-                               netif_carrier_on(card->dev);
                                qeth_schedule_recovery(card);
                                return NULL;
                        case IPA_CMD_MODCCID:
 {
        u16 s1, s2;
 
-QETH_DBF_TEXT(trace,4,"osndipa");
+       QETH_DBF_TEXT(trace,4,"osndipa");
 
        qeth_prepare_ipa_cmd(card, iob, QETH_PROT_OSN2);
        s1 = (u16)(IPA_PDU_HEADER_SIZE + data_len);
        card->data.state = CH_STATE_UP;
        card->state = CARD_STATE_UP;
 
-       if (!card->lan_online){
-               if (netif_carrier_ok(dev))
-                       netif_carrier_off(dev);
-       }
+       if (!card->lan_online && netif_carrier_ok(dev))
+               netif_carrier_off(dev);
        return 0;
 }
 
                QETH_DBF_TEXT_(setup, 2, "6err%d", rc);
                goto out_remove;
        }
-/*maybe it was set offline without ifconfig down
- * we can also use this state for recovery purposes*/
+       netif_carrier_on(card->dev);
+
        qeth_set_allowed_threads(card, 0xffffffff, 0);
        if (recover_flag == CARD_STATE_RECOVER)
                qeth_start_again(card, recovery_mode);
 
 #define IPA_PDU_HEADER_SIZE    0x40
 #define QETH_IPA_PDU_LEN_TOTAL(buffer) (buffer+0x0e)
 #define QETH_IPA_PDU_LEN_PDU1(buffer) (buffer+0x26)
-#define QETH_IPA_PDU_LEN_PDU2(buffer) (buffer+0x2a)
+#define QETH_IPA_PDU_LEN_PDU2(buffer) (buffer+0x29)
 #define QETH_IPA_PDU_LEN_PDU3(buffer) (buffer+0x3a)
 
 extern unsigned char IPA_PDU_HEADER[];