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* Name of hardware [1]
* Vitals [2]
* Pictures [3]
* Operating Systems [4]
* Linux [5]
* MacOS [6]
* Windows [7]
* Firmware [8]
* Misc Notes [9]
NAME OF HARDWARE
An 802.11b [10] PCMCIA card.
Lucent [11] 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 [12] range
pretty much dominated the industry until the 802.11b [13] standard and
the PRISM (and later PRISM-II [14]) chipsets allowed cheap cards
without huge R&D.
Lucent's Microelectronics division was spun off as Agere Systems [15]
and they took the renamed Orinoco [16] range of 802.11 wireless
products with them.
The Silver card is the export model. There is also an OrinocoGold
[17] 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 [18])
* 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
OPERATING SYSTEMS
LINUX
There are several Linux [19] 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 WirelessHOWTO [20] for full details
MACOS
MacOS [21]
WINDOWS
Windows 2000 [22]
Windows 95 [23]
Windows 98 [24]
Windows 98/ME [25]
Windows ME [26]
Windows NT [27]
Windows XP [28]
Windows ce [29]
FIRMWARE
It may be possible to upgrade this card to 128 bit encryption,
effectively making this an OrinocoGold [30] - read this post to
nycwireless [31].
MISC NOTES
Links:
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[1] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#name_of_hardware
[2] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#vitals
[3] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#pictures
[4] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#operating_systems
[5] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#linux
[6] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#macos
[7] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#windows
[8] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#firmware
[9] http://melbournewireless.org.au/#misc_notes
[10] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?802.11b
[11] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Lucent
[12] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?WaveLAN
[13] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?802.11b
[14] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?PRISM-II
[15] http://www.agere.com
[16] http://www.orinocowireless.com
[17] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OrinocoGold
[18] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?PowerAndGainToDecibels
[19] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?Linux
[20] http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/#howto
[21]
http://melbournewireless.org.au/ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/MacOS/
[22]
http://melbournewireless.org.au/ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_2000/
[23]
http://melbournewireless.org.au/ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_95/
[24]
http://melbournewireless.org.au/ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_98/
[25]
http://melbournewireless.org.au/ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_98_ME/
[26]
http://melbournewireless.org.au/ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_ME/
[27]
http://melbournewireless.org.au/ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_NT/
[28]
http://melbournewireless.org.au/ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_XP/
[29]
http://melbournewireless.org.au/ftp://ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/ORiNOCO/PC_Card/win_ce/
[30] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OrinocoGold
[31]
http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/2001q4/001269.html
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