Upgraded firmware and checked network. No change. WiFi behaves exactly the same way: works for some URLs, apps and hangs for others. No luck :-(
Best regards Peter ----- 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 > >-- > >general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > >[un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > -- > Azeem Jiva [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.csc.calpoly.edu/~ajiva > Keep quiet and they'll think you a philosopher. > -- Latin Proverb > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
