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If you're trying to use an ORiNOCO Gold card with Windows XP, there are a
few things you should watch out for:
NOTE:
In addition to the items below, there are reports of cards installing ok,
but not being able to communicate with Access Points.
Use the drivers that come with Win XP
Using even the drivers in the Fall 2001 release could cause you
to have to reinstall Win XP!
Watch out for "Closed System" If you have an ORiNOCO Access Point and have the
"Closed System" option enabled, the scan mechanism
that is part of XP will not show up the AP.
If you want to connect to an ORiNOCO AP that is set to
"Closed System", you must add the configuration
manually in Win XP and specify the SSID of the AP.
Reader Ken Halbert sent along the following information that's
contained in the readme file in the root of the XP
installation disk.
ORiNOCO wireless LAN card
Products: Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional only
Installing the utilities from the ORiNOCO Wireless LAN card CD
causes the Windows XP Wireless Configuration Service to run
incorrectly.
The utilities interfere with the control of the card. The
wireless configuration tab in the network properties does not
display and the card does not configure automatically.
To resolve this problem, follow these steps:
Remove ORiNOCO Utilities through Add or Remove Programs in
Control Panel. Uninstall the ORiNOCO card using Device Manager.
To open Device Manager, click Start, and then click Control
Panel. Click Performance and Maintenance, and then click System.
On the Hardware tab, click Device Manager. Reinstall the drivers
to redetect the card through Scan for hardware changes in Device
Manager or by restarting Windows XP.
Wireless LAN display messages
This information applies to wireless devices using the
following standards:
IEEE 802.11 wireless Ethernet LAN standard IEEE 802.1X
port-based network access control authentication standard
If you use IEEE 802.11 wireless configuration and the network
authentication protocol IEEE 802.1X, user information and requests
for action are displayed through balloon notifications in the
taskbar notification area.
When you upgrade to Windows XP, check whether the network icon
displays in the taskbar notification area. If you do not see this
icon, follow these steps:
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Network and
Internet Connections. Click Network Connections. Right-click the
wireless connection, and then click Properties. Click the General
tab. Click to select the Show icon in notification area when
connected check box.
This allows the IEEE 802.11 wireless configuration and the IEEE
802.1X service to communicate with you using balloon
notifications.
Let us
know if you find other problems, or aren't having
problems at all!
NOTE:
In addition to the items below, there are reports of cards installing ok,
but not being able to communicate with Access Points.