** [#name_of_hardware Name of hardware]

*** [#vitals Vitals]

** [#pictures Pictures]

** [#operating_systems Operating Systems]

*** [#linux Linux]

*** [#macos MacOS]

*** [#windows Windows]

** [#firmware Firmware]

** [#misc_notes Misc Notes]

!! Name of hardware

An [802.11b] PCMCIA card.



[Lucent] have made a variety of 802.11 cards over the last few years.  Starting out with 2Mbit 802.11 DSSS and going via some proprietry 5 and 8Mbit so-called Turbo cards, their [WaveLAN] range pretty much dominated the industry until the [802.11b] standard and the PRISM (and later [PRISM-II]) chipsets allowed cheap cards without huge R&D.



Lucent's Microelectronics division was spun off as (http://www.agere.com Agere Systems) and they took the renamed (http://www.orinocowireless.com Orinoco) range of 802.11 wireless products with them.



The Silver card is the export model.  There is also an [OrinocoGold] card which has better encryption, but is far less commonly available.



!!! Vitals

* '''Manufacturer :''' Agere Systems

* '''Model :''' Orinoco Silver

* '''Type :''' PCMCIA Card

* '''External Antenna Jack:'''

* '''Chipset:''' Hermes

* '''Power :''' 15dBm (= 30mW, according to PowerAndGainToDecibels)

* '''Recieve Sensitivity :''' 

** 11Mb/s = -82dBm

** 5.5Mb/s = -87dBm

** 2Mb/s = -91dBm

** 1Mb/s = -94dBm

* '''Drivers URL :''' see below

* '''Available New :'''

* '''Average Price :'''

* '''Vitals last updated :''' 7th July 2002



!! Pictures

{http://www.resonantnetworks.com/images/Orinoco%20Silver.jpg Orinoco Silver}



!! Operating Systems

!!! Linux

There are several [Linux] drivers for the Orinoco cards:

* David Gibson's 2.4 kernel driver, orinoco_cs

* the Lucent wavelan_cs driver

* the wvlan_cs driver from the PCMCIA-CS package



See the (http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/#howto Linux Wireless LAN HOWTO) for full details



!!! MacOS

(ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/MacOS/ MacOS)



!!! Windows

(ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_2000/ Windows 2000)

(ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_95/ Windows 95)

(ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_98/ Windows 98)

(ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_98_ME/ Windows 98/ME)

(ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_ME/ Windows ME)

(ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_NT/ Windows NT)

(ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_XP/ Windows XP)

(ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_ce/ Windows ce)



!! Firmware

It may be possible to upgrade this card to 128 bit encryption, effectively making this an OrinocoGold.

The following method was found on the (http://www.nycwireless.com/ NYC Wireless) Mailing lists . . .



Due to all (http://www.intermec.com Intermec) UAP's (Universal Access Points) being 128bit encryption and use the lucent wavelan cards. They will also accept the silver and bronze cards. (don't buy bronze...2mb only). there is no difference between the silver and the gold cards except for a function being switched off inside one of the chips. So to activate the chip to turn it to a gold card. simply take the wavelan card out of the 2100,2101,2102 with firmware version 1.61 (you can update it for free from the website) and place in your silver card. boot the UAP and wait. leave it for about 5min then disconnect and replace old card. You now have a lucent [OrinocoGold gold card] that will now do 128bit encryption instead of 64 bit, at no extra cost.



Or, (http://www.paris-sansfil.net/index.php/UpgradeSilverToGoldEn if you can read french)

!! Misc Notes