Orinoco Gold PC Card - 128-Bit WEP No More

Silly me in a fit of inattentiveness let Windows 2000 update give me a new
Orinoco driver. I had been running it with a Linksys BEFW11S4 at 128-bit
and it had been working absolutely wonderfully.

Well Windows update fragged my Orinoco driver. After much headaches of
uninstalling and ferreting out junk I got the card back working. I used the
latest client software and drivers from Orinoco. I also flashed the latest
card firmware.

Now I can only get 64-bit WEP. All settings in the router are unchanged.
Doing exactly what I had done before at 128-bit yields a full strength
signal indication, the client manager shows the router, it's MAC address,
etc., but the link test menu choice is grayed out and there is no apparent
traffic between the two.

Going down to 64-bit (or none) and all is ok.

Anyone have any ideas as to what happened, and most importantly, how to get
128-bit WEP back?
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JG... Jeff Givens
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"My hovercraft is full of eels."


Jeff Givens

Jeff Givens wrote:
> Silly me in a fit of inattentiveness let Windows 2000 update give me
> a new Orinoco driver. I had been running it with a Linksys BEFW11S4
> at 128-bit and it had been working absolutely wonderfully.
>
> Well Windows update fragged my Orinoco driver. After much headaches of
> uninstalling and ferreting out junk I got the card back working. I
> used the latest client software and drivers from Orinoco. I also
> flashed the latest card firmware.
>
> Now I can only get 64-bit WEP. All settings in the router are
> unchanged. Doing exactly what I had done before at 128-bit yields a
> full strength signal indication, the client manager shows the router,
> it's MAC address, etc., but the link test menu choice is grayed out
> and there is no apparent traffic between the two.
>
> Going down to 64-bit (or none) and all is ok.
>
> Anyone have any ideas as to what happened, and most importantly, how
> to get 128-bit WEP back?
> __________________________________________________ _______________
> JG... Jeff Givens
> private.php?do=newpm&u=
>
> "My hovercraft is full of eels."


I would look for a Prism configuration manager lurking in control panel,
and remove that. With the card installed, from device manager, remove
it. On reboot with the card removed, reinstall the Orinoco driver and
then install the card as though it were new.

Q

Jeff Givens wrote:
> Silly me in a fit of inattentiveness let Windows 2000 update give me
> a new Orinoco driver. I had been running it with a Linksys BEFW11S4
> at 128-bit and it had been working absolutely wonderfully.
>
> Well Windows update fragged my Orinoco driver. After much headaches of
> uninstalling and ferreting out junk I got the card back working. I
> used the latest client software and drivers from Orinoco. I also
> flashed the latest card firmware.
>
> Now I can only get 64-bit WEP. All settings in the router are
> unchanged. Doing exactly what I had done before at 128-bit yields a
> full strength signal indication, the client manager shows the router,
> it's MAC address, etc., but the link test menu choice is grayed out
> and there is no apparent traffic between the two.
>
> Going down to 64-bit (or none) and all is ok.
>
> Anyone have any ideas as to what happened, and most importantly, how
> to get 128-bit WEP back?
> __________________________________________________ _______________
> JG... Jeff Givens
> private.php?do=newpm&u=
>
> "My hovercraft is full of eels."

Re: my previous message, the Prism configuration manager is more likely
removed from Add/Remove Programs, than simply deleting the control
panel.

Q

On Wed, 7 Jan 2004 07:52:38 -0700 "Quaoar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrotc:

>I would look for a Prism configuration manager lurking in control panel,
>and remove that. With the card installed, from device manager, remove
>it. On reboot with the card removed, reinstall the Orinoco driver and
>then install the card as though it were new.
>
>Q

I have no such critter in my CP.

Thanks though.

__________________________________________________ _______________
JG... Jeff Givens
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"My hovercraft is full of eels."