RE: [Netstumbler] card question.

[Andre Rack <Andre.Rack@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

No - I tried and the OS refused to recognize the new card as an Orinoco Gold
card.  If you read the postings on their web site they claim the XP drivers
are built into the OS.  I tried this also and XP said it didn't know what
the 8420 card was and would not install any drivers.  I also tried the 7.2
drivers on my Win2000 and it also refused to recognize the card as
compatible.  As I said in another posting - I don't think the new drivers
are fully NDIS 5.1 complaint and that is the reason NetStumbler doesn't work
with the new cards and drivers.

A footnote, Orinoco is not the only card I own.  What I have found is any
card that installs as a NDIS 5.1 driver under XP works with NetStumbler.
This includes Netgear MA401, Linksys WPC11 ver3, Linksys WPC51AB (not sure
if NetStumbler works with .11a), and Orinoco 8460 .11a/b Combo Gold card.
Only the Orinoco 8410 Classic Gold, Linksys WPC11v3 and NetGear MA401 work
sith my Windows 2000 machine.



-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Smith [mailto:websounding@xxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2003 4:49 PM
To: netstumbler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Netstumbler] card question.

Thanks for your help all.

Andre--you can't go back and install the older drivers, can you?

Thanks.

Daniel