<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 28, 2008 8:47 AM, Timothy Murphy <<a href="mailto:gayleard@eircom.net">gayleard@eircom.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Ed Greshko wrote:<br><br>>> I was however interested from a purely academic point of view<br>>> to know if it is possible to determine the chipset<br>>> either from documentation or by use of some application.<br>
><br>> First, I have a PC card labeled "Orinoco Wireless Networks - Gold". It is<br>> made by Agere Systems. Has a nice product number on it of PC24E-H-FC.<br>> The label also has a serial number, a part number, a MAC address, a few<br>
> other FCC and other agency's registration numbers.<br><br></div>I too have an Orinoco Gold card in my hand at this moment.<br>As you say, it gives some information about the card,<br>but it does not say anything about the chipset _inside_ the card.<br>
<br>[Actually, it does not give the firmware version either;<br>dmesg tells me<br> eth1: Firmware determined as Lucent/Agere 8.72]<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> I don't have a laptop running any incantation of Linux. So, I can't tell<br>
> you if the output of "lspci -vv" would reveal any clue as to the type of<br>> chipset it contains. A scanning electron microscope may come in handy<br>> about now....<br><br></div>That was my sole point in this discussion -<br>
that it is not at all easy to find the chipset inside a WiFi card<br>as some have claimed.<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br>> Or, try going to <a href="http://linux-wless.passys.nl/" target="_blank">http://linux-wless.passys.nl/</a> and search there to see if<br>
> your card is listed. I found mine...PC24E-H-FC. But, it is a good thing<br>> I used google to get to that web site as I didn't know that Agere was<br>> acquired by Lucent.<br><br></div>It is almost as difficult to trace the ownership of WiFi companies<br>
as it is to find the chipset inside a WiFi device.<br>As I understand it, Proxim now owns the Orinoco brand,<br>and in fact has the most recent Windows software for these cards.<br><br>Incidentally, this URL describes the chipset as "Orinoco"<br>
which I am sure is not accurate.<br><div class="Ih2E3d"><br></div></blockquote><div>Do you need everything handed to you on a silver platter? I don't recall saying this was going to be easy, a relative term in any case,only that it was possible with the card in hand, an hcl , and a clue to determine the chipset. <br>
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