Orinoco...flowing?

ButterflyMelissa · 07-31-2013, 02:53 AM

Hey Gang!

Just had me a hand-me-down with something ... hmm ... plugged in. A PCI card where a PCMCIA card can be plugged in, and the card is a WIFI card called "Orinoco"...
Any chance this thing can be re-used? Maybe as a WIFI repeater or so?

Thanks for some feedback...

Grtz

Thor

allend · 07-31-2013, 08:37 AM

I had an old laptop that had a PCMCIA wifi card with an Orinoco chipset. The driver was a little tricky to compile. The original firmware was only capable of a WEP connection, although a firmware upgrade was supposed to allow WPA. There was no facility for WPA2.
I never got that device working to my satisfaction. I could get a connection but it was short lived. I ultimately decided that there was a hardware problem.

My advice is to consign it to history. Not worth the time and bother.

ButterflyMelissa · 07-31-2013, 04:12 PM

Thanks for thr scoop, well, it is somewhat of an oddity...maybe I'll post it on Flickr, just for kix...and then, toss it...