diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/main.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/main.c
index 7169a0d3379a7906882153f31b76ed2c904f62ba..5eca7a99afe6c3daf1c793f4c0990e5125a72862 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/main.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/main.c
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ static void ipwireless_detach(struct pcmcia_device *link);
 /* Debug mode: more verbose, print sent/recv bytes */
 int ipwireless_debug;
 int ipwireless_loopback;
-int ipwireless_out_queue = 1;
+int ipwireless_out_queue = 10;
 
 module_param_named(debug, ipwireless_debug, int, 0);
 module_param_named(loopback, ipwireless_loopback, int, 0);
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ module_param_named(out_queue, ipwireless_out_queue, int, 0);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug, "switch on debug messages [0]");
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(loopback,
 		"debug: enable ras_raw channel [0]");
-MODULE_PARM_DESC(out_queue, "debug: set size of outgoing queue [1]");
+MODULE_PARM_DESC(out_queue, "debug: set size of outgoing PPP queue [10]");
 
 /* Executes in process context. */
 static void signalled_reboot_work(struct work_struct *work_reboot)
diff --git a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.c b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.c
index 28d9fd727d843cc4950c3292e6fa92f72662d694..2b07af05106d1a39cb9821d240fa155189f25b76 100644
--- a/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.c
+++ b/drivers/char/pcmcia/ipwireless/network.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static void notify_packet_sent(void *callback_data, unsigned int packet_length)
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&network->lock, flags);
 			ppp_output_wakeup(network->ppp_channel);
 			if (ipwireless_debug)
-				printk(KERN_INFO IPWIRELESS_PCCARD_NAME
+				printk(KERN_DEBUG IPWIRELESS_PCCARD_NAME
 				       ": ppp unblocked\n");
 		} else
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&network->lock, flags);
@@ -144,6 +144,8 @@ static int ipwireless_ppp_start_xmit(struct ppp_channel *ppp_channel,
 		 */
 		network->ppp_blocked = 1;
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&network->lock, flags);
+		if (ipwireless_debug)
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG IPWIRELESS_PCCARD_NAME ": ppp blocked\n");
 		return 0;
 	}
 }