orinoco USB Gold client firmware upgrade screwup

well -

I have a wireless Orinoco USB Gold client, which until last night was
running OK on Win98SE. I went to Proxim's website and saw that there
were firmware and driver upgrades. I ran the firmware upgrade, which
seemed to load ok into the client radio. I ran the driver upgrade, and
it seemed to be loading ok as well, but the Orinoco Client Manager
software came back saying that "This driver is not compatible with the
firmware on your card".

So I try to run a Proxim executable (WSUxxx.exe - wireless station
upgrade) to load the earlier version of firmware, and a message box
pops up and says among other things :

"You have enabled WEP Encryption for your wireless card which is
currently preventing your card from operating properly."

and

"To update the firmware on your card, disable WEP encryption in your
driver configuration and restart this utility."


How do I disable WEP in my driver configuration? I'd be happy to get
back to where I was when I started out. Any suggestions? Thanks.

regards -

the fool

Just a newbie question...
What is the point of upgrading the firmware if it was working fine. Is there
any new feature with the new firmware?

Cheers
FO


"thefool" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de news:
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> well -
>
> I have a wireless Orinoco USB Gold client, which until last night was
> running OK on Win98SE. I went to Proxim's website and saw that there
> were firmware and driver upgrades. I ran the firmware upgrade, which
> seemed to load ok into the client radio. I ran the driver upgrade, and
> it seemed to be loading ok as well, but the Orinoco Client Manager
> software came back saying that "This driver is not compatible with the
> firmware on your card".
>
> So I try to run a Proxim executable (WSUxxx.exe - wireless station
> upgrade) to load the earlier version of firmware, and a message box
> pops up and says among other things :
>
> "You have enabled WEP Encryption for your wireless card which is
> currently preventing your card from operating properly."
>
> and
>
> "To update the firmware on your card, disable WEP encryption in your
> driver configuration and restart this utility."
>
>
> How do I disable WEP in my driver configuration? I'd be happy to get
> back to where I was when I started out. Any suggestions? Thanks.
>
> regards -
>
> the fool

Apologies for not being more specific. The Orinoco Gold USB client
was running OK most of the time on Win98SE (not a typical
implementation : loaded on a converted Netpliance I-Opener powered by
a Centaur/IDT Winchip2), but I had to use a USB switch and manually
switch on the USB port between the converted I-Opener and Orinoco
after the I-Opener powered up. The Orinoco never worked if it was
already connected to the USB port prior to power up. And even with the
USB connection delayed until after Windows has loaded, the radio
sometimes still didn't work. Anyways, the readme file that
accompanied the firmware upgrade listed numerous bug fixes and
improvements. and it seemed to make sense the other night to do the
upgrade. Given what's happened, I wish I could go back, since before
the upgrade I was at least able to get a wireless connection up most
of the time on the first try.

So if anyone has an idea on how to disable WEP in my driver
configuration, as suggested by the Orinoco/Proxim Client Manager
dialog box, I'd appreciate it.

Thanks and regards -

thefool


"FO&CB" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:<bhoqmf$350$(E-Mail Removed)>...
> Just a newbie question...
> What is the point of upgrading the firmware if it was working fine. Is there
> any new feature with the new firmware?
>
> Cheers
> FO
>
>
> "thefool" <(E-Mail Removed)> a écrit dans le message de news:
> (E-Mail Removed)...
> > well -
> >
> > I have a wireless Orinoco USB Gold client, which until last night was
> > running OK on Win98SE. I went to Proxim's website and saw that there
> > were firmware and driver upgrades. I ran the firmware upgrade, which
> > seemed to load ok into the client radio. I ran the driver upgrade, and
> > it seemed to be loading ok as well, but the Orinoco Client Manager
> > software came back saying that "This driver is not compatible with the
> > firmware on your card".
> >
> > So I try to run a Proxim executable (WSUxxx.exe - wireless station
> > upgrade) to load the earlier version of firmware, and a message box
> > pops up and says among other things :
> >
> > "You have enabled WEP Encryption for your wireless card which is
> > currently preventing your card from operating properly."
> >
> > and
> >
> > "To update the firmware on your card, disable WEP encryption in your
> > driver configuration and restart this utility."
> >
> >
> > How do I disable WEP in my driver configuration? I'd be happy to get
> > back to where I was when I started out. Any suggestions? Thanks.
> >
> > regards -
> >
> > the fool