RE: O.T. - Windows XP and Laptop / ORiNOCO Wireless LAN cards.

["Ian B" <Ian@xxxxxxx>]

try the access point id without the leading zero

just and idea

Ian

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Harris [mailto:phillip.harris1@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 13 November 2001 10:14
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] O.T. - Windows XP and Laptop / ORiNOCO Wireless
> LAN cards.
>
>
>
> > 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.
>
> Have downloaded the updated driver but no joy yet...
>
> Looking at the Wireless LAN card configuration under the
"advanced" tab I
> get four possible "variables" to change.
>
> 1) Station Name.
> 2) Channel.
> 3) Transmit Rate.
> 4) Card Power Management.
>
> 1) I have no idea what to set it to ... I've tried "Compaq"
(the machine
> name under windows), "047c4d" (the access point I.D. number)
-
> nothing seems
> to make much of a difference.
>
> 2) is set to Channel 01 - same as the setting on the Access Point
> / Gateway
> (as set by the ORiNOCO configuration software from a different PC).
>
> 3) is set to "Auto Rate Select"
>
> 4) is set to Off
>
> I have tried turning off the Windows Internet Connection Firewall
> to see if
> that helps but as soon as I turn it off (from the "Advanced"
tab of the
> "Wireless Network Connection Properties" dialogue) then
Windows asks me if
> I'm sure I want to turn it off (to which I answer "Yes") and
then
> as soon as
> I swap tabs turns the f*cker back on again!
>
> Any other ideas Tim?
>
> Phil
>
>
>
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