Re: [NTLK] Lucent WAN card issues

From: Mark Harter <Mark.Harter_at_wegmans.com>
Date: Mon Jun 26 2006 - 17:03:51 EDT

My question is with the drivers thou... On the web link provided it says
that registration was closed on 12/29/05? So am I to understand that new
drivers cannot be purchased????

Mark

On 6/24/06 9:36 AM, "Eddie Roosenmaallen" <silvermoon82@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Andrew,
>
> On 6/24/06, karelitz@earthlink.net <karelitz@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I am a new 2100 user looking to purchase a wireless card that will work
>> with the available drivers. I have been getting a little confused by the
>> similarities in these model names:
>
> The cards are virtually identical. The names "Lucent", "WaveLan",
> "Proxim" and "Orinoco" are all for much the same hardware; as I
> understand it, the design was bought and sold by many companies over
> time.
>
> These cards will all work with Hiroshi's excellent WiFi driver
> (http://www.ff.iij4u.or.jp/~ngc/eng/newtwave.htm) and do not need
> additional packages.
>
>> 1.) Lucent WaveLan Turbo Silver
>> 2.) Lucent Orinoco Turbo Silver
>> 3.) Orinoco Silver
>> 4.) Proxim Orinoco Silver
>>
>> Which of these wireless cards do you think will work best for my MP
>> 2100? Also, will any of these definitely not work?
>
> As these are all "Silver" cards, they are pretty much the same card,
> just under different labels. They will all support 64-bit WEP
> encryption, again without extra packages besides Hiroshi's driver.
>
> The difference to look for in Lucent cards is the colour - "Gold"
> cards can support 128- and 64-bit WEP, "Silver" cards can support only
> 64-bit, and "Bronze" cards do not support WEP encryption at all.
>
> Peace,
> Eddie

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