[geeks] in which Windows shoots itself in the foot (again)

[Phil Stracchino]

gsm at mendelson.com wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 05, 2009 at 02:31:52PM -0500, Lionel Peterson wrote:
>>> interface (an Orinoco WaveLAN Silver).  I had hell's own game getting
> 
> BTW, in case you are interested, the difference between the silver
> (40/64 bit WEP) and the gold (40/64 and 128 bit WEP) is the firmware
> on the card. If you nose around you can find a Windows program which
> will upgrade the card.

Huh.  Thanks for the info.

I have an 11g WG511 card here as well, that I'd sooner use, but I think
it may have a problem.  Win2K refuses to use it.


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