The National Enquirer reports at 1:59 PM -0400 10/22/04, Laurent Daudelin wrote:
<snip> >One thing that you have to keep in mind is that the core of the card is the >chipset in it and what the software really use is that chipset. I've seen >this factor being a bigger problem when somebody wrote an Apple Newton >driver for wireless cards. The driver was designed for a specific chipset >which was used when AirPort was initially released. Over the years, >manufacturers will replace the chipset for another one but the cards will >often still have the same label, just the revision number will change. > >That's probably what is happening here. Even though the card has the ORiNOCO >label on it, it probably uses a different chipset than the original >ORiNOCO... I agree that there are multiple chipsets for some of the WiFi PC cards. But...as long as you are referring to the 802.11b Lucent/Orinoco/Agere/Avaya cards, I know of none that use anything other than the Lucent designed, Hermes chipset. Some Proxim cards use the Lucent chipset, some use the Prism or Amtel chipset. <http://home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Wireless.htm> Now when you get into the 802.11g or the 802.11a/b, you are talking about something completely different. Bob -- If replying privately, please include my name in the To: address, so that my filters won't send your reply to the trash. -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
