On 6 Jun 2005 Jeff Liebermann j...@comix.santa-cruz.ca.us wrote:
>>I get the error "cannot connect to driver" when running Alchemy. I am
>>trying to update the channels/MAC address on an Orinoco Classic Gold
>>clone (RoamAbout 802.11b PC CARD).
>
>What's the exact version? 1.01.29 is broken. 1.01.30 worked when I
>tried it on WinME. It should work on Win98SE.
> http://www.lincomatic.com/wireless/software.html
>My guess is that your version of the Orinoco drivers is the problem.
>It worked fine with the Orinoco drivers that came with WinME. I
>vaguely recall also sucessfully trying W2K. However, when I loaded
>the latest greatest from the Proxim web pile, it stopped working. I
>think the file names are the same, but may have changed.
The link reports version 1.01 30 April 2004, the .exe reports 1.00 30
April 2003. The download does not include more details or a version
history.
>>Any suggestions?
>
>Find an earlier version of the Orinoco driver.
I'll try that. It seems the software won't work, though, as I get the
same error from alchemy regardless of what driver I type in. I have to
give it the full path or else run alchemy in the same directory or it
says it can't find the driver. The notes on Win 98SE says there was a
bug searching for the driver, so you have to manually enter it now.
Assuming windows still reports:
c:\windows\system\ndis.vxd
c:\windows\system\vmm32.vxd (ntkern.vxd)
c:\windows\system\wlluc48.sys
(... six other files)
and not the .vxd file from Orinoco, what do I type in?
>
>>(This card already has 128 bit encryption - I'm not trying to convert
>>an orinoco silver. I was searching for software to update the
>>channels/MAC address, and Alchemy is the only one I found.
>
>"Update MAC"? You wouldn't perhaps be trying to circumvent some
>software license that is tied to the wireless card MAC address such as
>Karlnet?
>
>Maybe you're trying to spoof the MAC address of an existing client in
>order to bypass MAC address filtering? If so, you're doing it the
>hard way. Windoze uses the MAC address in the registry, not from the
>card. You can pick any MAC address you want.
> http://www.klcconsulting.net/smac/
>
Privacy is an issue. They can't log or connect your activities if you
are always someone new.
>>Any other
>>software that will do this? As for the MAC address, when I add/change
>>the networkaddress entry in the registry, stop the card, remove and
>>replace it, winipconfig reports the new MAC address (no
>>rebooting/releasing DHCP required). I don't know if this is writing
>>the new MAC to the card - I don't have software to pull that off the
>>card to check it.)
>
>It's not writing to the card. You can obtain the working MAC address
>from the Windoze properties of the Orinoco card. When you change it
>in the registry, you need to reboot in order to have it take effect.
>Starting and stopping the driver doesn't do the trick.
The original instructions I got said you had to reboot. I have since
found instructions that say that is not necessary if the card supports
hot inserting. Where else does windows report the MAC? I looked in
the control panel -> network and in the device manager, and it's not
there. Winipcfg and ipconfig both report the new MAC address after
reinserting the card, and rebooting doesn't change this.
If the MAC is not the one in the card, can the site you are connecting
to read the value in the card?
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