The National Enquirer reports at 7:38 AM -0800 12/17/04, Andrew F. wrote: > >On 12/16/04 10:42 PM, "Bob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The National Enquirer reports at 2:06 PM -0700 12/16/04, Bill Gau wrote: > > > >> Indeed, I just went down this road yesterday. > >> > >> NONE of these cards are supported as per their website: > >> > >> ORiNOCO 11a/b/g ComboCard > >> ORiNOCO 11b/g PC Card > >> ORiNOCO 11b Client Gold PC Card (8420-wd) > >> ORiNOCO 11b Client Silver PC Card (8421-wd) > > > > > > But, if it's the Classic Gold PC card (8410-wd) I believe the > > IOXperts driver should work. If not, I *know* the Sourceforge > > freeware driver works. > > > > Take a look at Ken Vann's excellent wireless list for your > > compatibility questions. > > > > <http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kjvann/> > > > > Do you have the right settings selected regarding the card and the > > port in OS X? > > > > > > Bob
>Who is the vendor of the card? My Classic Gold card (802.11b) is an Orinoco card. If you're familiar with the history of the original Lucent wireless technology, Lucent became (I'm not sure this is the exact order, but the names are correct) Orinoco, then Agere (moved to Agere Systems under the Orinoco name), then Avaya, and Proxim. To the best of my knowledge the same Lucent technology and the Hermes chipset is used in all of the cards sold by the above companies -- and several others as well -- **until** the some of the Proxim cards. But according to the URL below, even the Proxim 8420 and 8430 should work at least with the IOXperts driver. A site I rely on heavily for chipset and driver information (although it does not cover the sourceforge driver) is: <http://home.earthlink.net/~metaphyzx/Wireless.htm> >If its the Proxim card (or a number of other >brands) it may be of a newer type that neither the SourceForge nor the >IOExperts drivers support. You need to start with the model # of your card. Then you can go to the URL immediately above and see what chipset it has and what drivers will support it. >I bought a Proxim Orinoco Gold and had no luck with either Can you be more specific on what you mean by "had no luck with either"? What exactly were you trying to connect to? I have found that the WiFi paradigm can be filled with so many "gotcha's" that it's not funny. I usually recommend that folks set up things with the absolutely simplest configuration (no passwords, no WEP, no closed network etc), and try to connect to a known working Apple Base Station network if at all possible. That eliminates a lot of the unknown snakepits that will drive a new user crazy. Once things are working on the elementary level, then you can proceed on to passwording, WEP, MAC address filtering, and other complexities. There is an excellent step-by-step initial setup list at <http://www.penmachine.com/techie/airport1400.html>. Although it refers to the Orinoco software, the same principles apply when using Apple's software or a 3rd-party driver. >, the card is not >built on the older chipset, and is sadly PC-only at present. I don't know if Proxim has come out with any new 802.11b cards in the past few years or not, but according to the Wirless.htm URL all Proxim 11b cards should work with the IOXperts and/or the Sourceforge drivers -- except for the Skyline USB card. As Laurent has indicated numerous times, it's not the brand name on the card that's the critical issue, it's the chipset that it uses that determines its compatibility. Ken Vann has an entire section (5.3) on his Web site referencing URLs that have technical, or owner's, documentation for the Lucent/Orinoco/Agere /Avaya/Proxim cards. Maybe something there would help you. <http://www.home.earthlink.net/~kjvann/> I'm pretty beat tonight. I hope I have made sense and not messed up what I was trying to say. 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/> --------------------------------------------------------------- iPod Accessories for Less at 1-800-iPOD.COM Fast Delivery, Low Price, Good Deal www.1800ipod.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
