Orinoco b/g Gold -- Nice hardware, lousy client utility?

Hi everyone,

I just picked up an Orinoco 802.11b/g Gold PC card and think the hardware is
fantastic... but I am very disappointed with the lack of quality control on
the Proxim Client Utility. The utility does a very poor job at managing
profiles, doesn't provide complete control over the connection settings, and
worst of all, tends to be tempermental with the connectivity. Sometimes it
will simply drop the connection eventhough the signal strength is extremely
high (even when I'm about 5-10 feet away from the AP). NetStumbler still
detects the network, but the client utility drops the connection and
requires restarting the radio, disabling/enabling the NIC, or sometimes
restarting the PC. Another thing that drives me up the walls is that while
I have profiles setup for the same SSID, but different MAC's, the client
utility sometimes disregards the MAC address and will use only the SSID --
which tends to be a problem if you're in a neighborhood with a bunch of AP's
with out-of-the-box configurations (a.k.a. SSID="linksys"). The client
utility also tends to not get the right channel all the time. So it will
think it established a connection, but has the wrong channel, so no
connectivity is actually realized (no IP, etc.).

Has anyone experienced this kind of crazy behavior with the Proxim Client
Utility? Anyone have any good workarounds? Is there a better client
utility that can be used to have full control over the NIC and profiles?

I like the hardware, but hate the software.

Thanks everyone,
X_HOBBES

If you got XP you can let Win Zero control your WIFI and don't need to use
the Orinoco
software at all, but I find no problem with mine.
Regards,
Martin

"Martin²" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:42a24f47$0$3839$(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you got XP you can let Win Zero control your WIFI and don't need to use
> the Orinoco
> software at all

Nope...I'm running Win2000 Prof.

Is there a nice 3rd party client utility I can use?

Thanks,
X_HOBBES

On Sun, 5 Jun 2005 01:24:30 -0400, "X_HOBBES" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>
> "Martin²" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:42a24f47$0$3839$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> If you got XP you can let Win Zero control your WIFI and don't need to use
>> the Orinoco
>> software at all
>
> Nope...I'm running Win2000 Prof.
>
> Is there a nice 3rd party client utility I can use?

Cirond Winc, but it's not free.

Tony