Update: Problems with Oricoco silver

[nathan shaffer]

If the card worked with a previous version of the IOXperts software, I 
would revert back.  If it only works for around 30 minutes and then 
shuts down, you might want to make sure your registration numbers for 
the software are still there.  I upgraded once or twice from previous 
versions and had to reenter the registration numbers.

Other than that, I'd forward your problem on to support at ioxperts.com 
with all your pertinent info.

Cheers,
Nathan Shaffer
nathan at grandvache.com


On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 06:06 P, Dave Bonhoff wrote:

> Thanks for the reply Nathan!
>
> I have used an SMC card to test the network, as well as other users 
> having no problems.  Nothing wrong with the network.  I had a coworker 
> with a PC laptop flash the firmware on the card today to 8.72.1 and 
> the card worked for about 40 min or so before becoming unstable.  With 
> the new firmware, the power LED remains on while the card is powered 
> (this is a change from the older 8.10 firmware), but the card looses 
> the signal repeatedly until it reports that it is out of range.  If I 
> click 'apply now' in the preference pane it reports <Searching for 
> Network...>.
>
> If I power the card down and remove it, once it has been out for a 
> while it begins working again.  I'm not sure if this is a hardware 
> issue, possibly related to heat, or a software issue.  I'm leaning 
> towards software since the card worked fine using the open source 
> wireless driver (in OS X.2.8) and in X.3.2 with the IOXperts driver 
> until I put my Lombard to sleep with the card active, a few hours 
> after registering the driver!
>
> The fact that flashing the firmware to a newer revision has made such 
> a dramatic change in operation further strengthens this feeling.  The 
> complete lack of communication, so far, from IOXperts support isn't 
> encouraging though...
>
> Thanks again for the reply!
> Dave
>
> ---
> 'The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people 
> that are evil, but because of the people that don't do anything about 
> it."
>
> Albert Einstein
>
>
> On 20-Jan-04, at 12:01, nathan shaffer wrote:
>
>> Just a thought - have you checked that this might be a wireless 
>> frequency problem....i.e. you have 2 WAPs dialed into the same 
>> channel or does you wireless network function fine with another piece 
>> of hardware.  Also, I did have problems with my network and my 2.4GHZ 
>> phone.  I replaced the phone with a 5.8Ghz.  Could someone else have 
>> a WAP within range on same freq. perhaps?
>>
>> My Orinoco gold works fine on my Lombard.  10.2.8.
>>
>> Nathan Shaffer
>> nathan at grandvache.com
>>
>> On Tuesday, January 20, 2004, at 12:06 AM, Dave Bonhoff wrote:
>>
>>> Just because it was sitting there, I inserted the card and it 
>>> powered right up and connected to my network.  The connection lasted 
>>> for about 2 minutes until there was a burst of activity indicated by 
>>> the LED.  Then the pref pane reported that the network was out of 
>>> range.  I clicked 'apply now' and the power LED on the card went out 
>>> and the pref pane reported once again <Searching for Network...>.  
>>> Now it is back to just flashing the LED's.
>>>
>>> I don't know...
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> ---
>>> Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting 
>>> different results.
>>> Albert Einstein
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