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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 Linux Wireless LAN HOWTO [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].
The following method was found on the NYC Wireless [31] Mailing lists
. . .
Due to all Intermec [32] 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 gold card [33] that will now do 128bit
encryption instead of 64 bit, at no extra cost.
Or, if you can read french [34]
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://www.nycwireless.com/
[32] http://www.intermec.com
[33] http://melbournewireless.org.au/?OrinocoGold
[34] http://www.paris-sansfil.net/index.php/UpgradeSilverToGoldEn
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