Azeem,

That's a very good question. I've just upgraded firmware after receiving
your suggestion. Unfortunately I have to wait a few hours before I can test
it at home. I'll share my results on this forum.
Thanks!

Best regards,
Peter

PS. > Keep quiet and they'll think you a philosopher. Latin Proverb
(I hope it won't start off-topic discussions, but experience suggests that
if one keeps quiet they'll think one's rather dumb that a philosopher.
Definitely don't listen to this proverb when applying for a job).

----- Original Message -----
From: "Azeem Shahjahan Jiva" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Bech Emot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 2002 13:25
Subject: Re: [BAWUG] Windows XP + Orinoco Gold card + WAP11 v.2.2 + WEP
128-bit = bug ?


> Have you tried flashing the Orinoco firmware to the latest version?
>
> +---------- Thus spoke Bech Emot on Wed, May 22, 2002
> >Hello,
> >
> >I was wondering if anyone else experienced similar problems with the
> >following configuration:
> >- Windows XP Professional,
> >- Orinoco Gold card,
> >- WAP 11 version 2.2,
> >- WEP 128-bit.
> >
> >First of all, the same configuration works flawlessly on Windows 2000
> >(another laptop on my network). However when I use my laptop, it tends to
> >work some. I can visit a few websites, but it gets stuck with others.
When I
> >try to access files across network from my home server (W2000), network
> >connection suddenly freezes. I cannot access Outlook for my office
email -
> >Outlook starts, shows list of emails as usually, but hangs whenever I
double
> >click on any email to view its contents. The only help is a reset for
WAP11.
> >It obviously cannot be wrong encryption key (the one for Orinoco card
> >different from the one in access point), because the 2nd laptop has
> >identical configuration - Orinoco Gold, WEP settings, encryption key -
and
> >it works all of the time. My laptop with XP works for some activities,
but
> >hangs on the others. My solution is to use network "wire" with integrated
> >NIC, but I think I should not be forced to sacrifice security (WEP-128bit
is
> >better than no security at all) over convenience of wireless.
> >
> >Any advice? Thank you in advance.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >Peter
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> Azeem Jiva  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> -- Latin Proverb
>
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