Orinoco Silver->Gold (RE: [Thinkpad] FS: TP600X, 650MHz, 20GB 5400rpm HDD, DVD, much more)

> From: Edward Mendelson
>
> An Orinoco Silver 802.11b card (the Silver card supports
> 64-bit passwords only)

In many cases, you can reflash an Orinoco Silver card as a Gold card, and
then it will support 128-bit WEP. (It depends on I did one a year or two
ago using this procedure:

http://web.archive.org/web/20030406190018/http://www.nextechwireless.net/sup
port/silvertogoldwindows.html

I have the 128_driver_orinoco742.zip file referenced on that page if anyone
needs it.

It looks like there is an easier way to do it now:

http://www.geocities.com/lincomatic/software.html

But one person had trouble with that program:

http://www.inertramblings.com/archives/000741.html

-Mike

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Received on Fri Jan 7 12:25:06 2005