Orinoco Proxim 802.11b/g PC Card (Gold) - Model 8470-WD on Linux

Hi all,

I'm trying to "Orinoco Proxim 802.11b/g PC Card (Gold) - Model
8470-WD" to work under Linux. Anybody ever succeeded?

It's a very confusing quest... some (shopping) sites indicate that
it's using the Atheros chipset, but Atheros.com does not confirm this
(http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/). If not, what
chipset *is* it using? No mention on
'http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz' neither.

This is the second card I try already. Bought it bacause it has
'Orinoco' in the name, but I strongly doubt it...

Thank you!
J.

On 10 Apr 2004 08:55:49 -0700, metrofix@hotmail.com (MetroFix) wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm trying to "Orinoco Proxim 802.11b/g PC Card (Gold) - Model
>8470-WD" to work under Linux. Anybody ever succeeded?
>
>It's a very confusing quest... some (shopping) sites indicate that
>it's using the Atheros chipset, but Atheros.com does not confirm this
>(http://customerproducts.atheros.com/customerproducts/). If not, what
>chipset *is* it using? No mention on
>'http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz' neither.
>
>This is the second card I try already. Bought it bacause it has
>'Orinoco' in the name, but I strongly doubt it...
>
>Thank you!
>J.

My son has an Orinoco Proxim 802.11b (8420-WD). He was able to get it
working perfectly in SuSE 9.0. I don't know if yours uses the same
chipset but you may want to try the drivers found here;

http://www.agere.com/support/drivers/

Good luck.

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