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RE: O.T. - Windows XP and Laptop / ORiNOCO Wireless LAN cards.
- To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
- Subject: RE: O.T. - Windows XP and Laptop / ORiNOCO Wireless
LAN cards.
- From: "Phil Harris" <phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2001 09:23:00 -0000
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> There is a driver update for the Orinoco cards on Windows update, but
I
> guess if you can't get the WLAN to work then you can't download it.
Let
> me know if you want me to download it manually for you.
I have a wired LAN connection in the laptop too so I can download updated
drivers ... I'll give it a try.
> I've had it working no problem at all linking to a Windows 2000
desktop.
> I can't install XP on the desktop yet because Intersil haven't got
> around to producing f'ing drivers for their cards yet. Don't use any
> Win2k driver disks as WLAN is one of the few pieces of hardware that
> needs XP specific drivers.
Did a completely clean install of XP on the laptop again last night and
used
none of the original Win2k drivers and software ... still no joy but will
try looking for the updated ORiNOCO drivers above.
> I'm not sure whether access points will need a firmware update in
order
> to work with 802.1X extensions enabled. I can't get a definitive
> statement on 802.1X and how it works though.
Hmmm ... wonder if this could be part of my problem?
Phil
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