RE: Wireless LAN

["John Tankard" <john@xxxxxxx>]

They are the same card, the spec is the same, but they have a id chip which
prevents the driver from working ! its daft i know, i gather it was so that
they could sell it to two markets, it may be that the will produce a
unified driver as the prices of the true Orinoco cards has dropped so much
now that there is litttle difference between the two

John

      -----Original Message----- 
      From: Tony Butler [mailto:lists@xxxxxxx]
      Sent: Sat 29/06/2002 08:16 
      To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx 
      Cc: 
      Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Wireless LAN
      
      

      John,
      
      One of the websites I found when looking for
info on these cards
      mentioned Orinocco cards (formerly WaveLan
Turbo) or words to that
      effect, suggesting they are in fact the same
card rather than just ones
      made in the same factory.  Of course,
that's no guarantee that they will
      work in the situation you describe, but
perhaps makes it more
      likely......
      
      Tony
      
      > -----Original Message-----
      > From: John Tankard
[mailto:john@xxxxxxx]
      > Sent: 29 June 2002 06:46
      > To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
      > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Wireless LAN
      >
      > The Orinoco cards I group purchased
work fine in a iPaq, the drivers
      are
      > available from www.orinocowireless.com
I have posted before about
      > compatible cards, you have to be very
careful about compatible cards,
      > although they are made in the same
factory they will not (in most
      cases)
      > work in a system that has Orinoco
drivers (the reverse is also true)
      > unless you are sure they will work with
the same divers don't mix the
      > true Orinoco cards and compatible ones.
If you don't have wifi and are
      > unlikely to get or use true orinoico
then go for the cheaper card the
      > performance is identical.
      >
      > John
      >
      > -----Original Message-----
      > From: BUTLER, Tony, FM
[mailto:tony.butler@xxxxxxx]
      > Sent: 28 June 2002 11:39
      > To: 'ukha_d@xxxxxxx'
      > Subject: RE: [ukha_d] Wireless LAN
      >
      >
      > Dunno!  Should be as they are
apparently just rebadged Orinoco cards.
      > Fuji I would say yes because it's just
a PC, the iPaq is more tricky.
      I
      > wouldn't recommend a pcmcia card for it
because of power consumption,
      > but then you have to buy a CF sleeve
and CF card, which are more
      > expensive and IME, the range not so
good. If you do go with these
      cards
      > and they work with the fuji but not the
ipaq then I don't mind
      swapping
      > one of my silver cards from the Dr John
buy for one of your lucent
      cards
      > - Can someone out there confirm that
the Dr John cards work with an
      > iPaq?  I have a CF one myself so
dunno - though they work with the
      ePods
      > okay so I'd be surprised if there's a
problem.
      >
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