I can't recall if it was discussed recently in this list or not but I would
swear that not too long ago someone mentioned a problem with orinoco cards
and the yenta_socket module. I have an orinoco gold card installed on a
Mandrake 8.2 system, using the wvlan_cs module with the yenta_socket.
I have a desktop containing a PCI to PCMCIA card with an Orinoco Gold and a
laptop using a Zoomair prism2-based wlan card. I know the Zoomair works fine
as I have successfully used it to connect to various wireless networks. I
have not had the same experience with the Orinoco card, however.