I find myself in a similar position to Spencer, and have looked at most
of the documentation that has been referred to in this thread. I'm
hoping someone can bridge the gap that exists between my understanding
of those articles, and a wi-fi connected computer.
I also have a Powerbook 1400 with OS 8.1 installed. I purchased a
Orinoco Classic Gold PC Card, Model 8410-WD-A Wi-Fi card for it and
downloaded Lucent Wavelan version 6.00.4 from
http://ftp4.de.freesbie.org/pub/misc/wavelan/software/IEEE/PC_CARD/APPLE/v600/.
After installing the Wavelan software, I see a "Wavelan/IEEE" pc card on
my desktop, and the "Ready Light" on the card turns green. I even get
some xmit activity while the machine is booting up. Aside from that
though, I have had no further luck getting setup. The card does not
show up in AppleTalk as a device that I can use for making a network
connection, but the "Ethernet" option does.
I have set my Appletalk control panel to Connect Via: "Ethernet", and
the TCP/IP control panel to Connect Via: "Ethernet" as well. Aside from
that, I'm not really sure what to do next. My IT staff at work has the
following type of info listed on our support page:
--------
OfficeWireless
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SSID: XLS
128bit WEP
pasphrase: ravens
or hexadecimal: (hex value ommitted)
for dell wireless :(hex value ommitted)
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Can someone give me a hand and explain how to:
- test that the card works
- see if I can detect any wireless networks
- setup TCP/IP to connect to something
Thanks,
Roger
PS - At this time I don't have the ability to upgrade my OS to 8.6, so
please think in terms of 8.1 control panels and network options.
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