Re: [NTLK] Orinoco Gold WiFi PC-card

From: John A (macnut1_at_gawab.com)
Date: Sun Jun 20 2004 - 11:57:07 PDT


On Jun 20, 2004, at 1:23 PM, Jacques Bourda wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Does someone of you know if the Orinoco Gold 802.11b WiFi PC-card is
> compatible with the Newton 2x00?
>
> It is not mentioned in Hiroshi's Driver Labo page, altough the
> Orinoco Silver card is. I don't know what the difference between
> these two cards are (128 vs. 64 bit encryption?).
>
> Also, I don't know what the difference is between the Orinoco and the
> Lucent Wavelan cards. Both seem to use the Lucent/Agere chipset.
>

AFAIK, the only difference between the Gold and Silver versions is the
level of encryption. And the way I understand is that Orinoco and
Lucent are just different names for the same cards.

JR

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