A success report:
I'm all hooked up with a Netgear MR-314 and an Orinoco Gold; I've not tried tuening on encryption yet or anything but I have TCP/IP working fine. I'm not sure which firmware is on the card, I might have to put it in a PC to access that info, although I thought I saw it once I don't see it available now. I was sort of hoping that I'd have troubles as others here mentioned, since I knew for sure that the Orinoco card would work in my Newton Messagepad, and thus I could justify getting 2 wireless cards... but since this works in both the laptop and the Messagepad I will put off the second card for a future purchase. Brian >>I am looking into 802.11b, there were a few posts here recently about >>problems with the Orinoco cards and the 1400, here's what their tech >>support said about it: >> >>"The 1400's need to use version 6.04 drivers from >>ftp.orinocowireless.com/pub/software/IEEE/PC_CARD/APPLE/v600/. The 7.2 >>drivers aren't going to work it due to the lack of standard PCI architecture >>on this model. This is the same issue with making it work with AirPort >>drivers." >> >>I emailed back asking about firmware revisions of the card (what if you >>have the most recent firmware possible, will it still work with the older >>drivers, would be a useful question to have answered) but have yet to >>receive a reply. > > >"As far as firmware goes, anything between 6.08 to 8.10 should be OK. I have >not tested 8.42 or heard reporte yea or nea on this. New cards are >appearing with 7.28 or 7.42 out of the box, so a mod should be unnecessary. >The customer would need a windows PC to accomplish a firmware update anyway. >Make sure any previous attempts at 7.2 are uninstalled after being removed >from the extensions folder, before setting up the older drivers. >Also, encryption can be a source of frustration. The AP must NOT be using a >shared key authentication method, (open auth / static WEP only). Also there >often are "passphase" or "friendly" key input hashing routines on these >AP's. Make sure the customer gets the "network equivalent" hex WEP key and >applies this to the card profile. >To firmly rule out any encryption issues, remove encryption in case there is >trouble." -- -- PowerBooks is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PowerBooks list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/powerbooks.shtml> --> 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/powerbooks%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
