Proxim Orinoco 8470 on Windows 7 [Wireless Internet]

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From: Alexander Shenkin on 31 May 2010 22:21

From: Alexander Shenkin on 31 May 2010 22:29

On 5/31/2010 5:41 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
> Alexander Shenkin wrote:
>
>> I've been trying to get my Proxim Orinoco Gold 8470-FC pcmcia card
>> working on my windows 7 machine, with no luck so far
>
> If it is any consolation, that card is well supported by linux drivers
> such as madwifi and others :-)
>
> http://www.dudek.org/wireless Wireless cards with good linux support
>
> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-346597.html I hear and read
> in numerous places that Orinoco cards are easily recognized by Linux. -
> What chip set are the Orinoco cards using that makes them so easy to
> use? <snip>
>
> (old page with some interesting orinoco chipset and history info)
> http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/LucentWirelessCard (Dec 2002)
> Proxim has bought the Orinoco product line and released a different card
> under the "Orinoco Gold" label -

According to Proxim, they'll eventually support windows 7 with the 8470.

From Proxim Support:

-----------------

Thank you for contacting Proxim Technical Support.

With regards to your query about the drivers to support Windows-7, I'm
sorry for the fact that as of now we do not provide any drivers for
windows 7.

(Though I'm not sure of when this would happen however),to meet the
business requirements proxim will come up with drivers to work on windows 7.

Please use the following link to check for the available drivers for the
Client card:
Answer Title: ORiNOCO 847x-FC 847x-WD 802.11b/g PC Card download and
documentation
Answer Link:
http://support.proxim.com/cgi-bin/proxim.cfg/php/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=1228

--------------------

From: Alexander Shenkin on 1 Jun 2010 08:26

On 5/31/2010 9:21 PM, Alexander Shenkin wrote:
> On 5/31/2010 5:41 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
>> Alexander Shenkin wrote:
>>
>>> I've been trying to get my Proxim Orinoco Gold 8470-FC pcmcia card
>>> working on my windows 7 machine, with no luck so far
>>
>> If it is any consolation, that card is well supported by linux drivers
>> such as madwifi and others :-)
>>
>> http://www.dudek.org/wireless Wireless cards with good linux support
>>
>> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-346597.html I hear and read
>> in numerous places that Orinoco cards are easily recognized by Linux. -
>> What chip set are the Orinoco cards using that makes them so easy to
>> use? <snip>
>>
>> (old page with some interesting orinoco chipset and history info)
>> http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/LucentWirelessCard (Dec 2002)
>> Proxim has bought the Orinoco product line and released a different card
>> under the "Orinoco Gold" label -
>>
>
> yeah, thanks. just trying to get my system as-is rolling with this
> card. but, if all else fails, i can run a VM in a pinch, try to attach
> the pcmcia to it, etc...

Anyone have any other ideas as to where I might post this question?
Even if proxim doesn't support win 7 yet with their 8470, there might be
a way to tweak older drivers, etc. thanks!

From: Bob on 1 Jun 2010 11:02

On 01/06/2010 13:26, Alexander Shenkin wrote:
> On 5/31/2010 9:21 PM, Alexander Shenkin wrote:
>> On 5/31/2010 5:41 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
>>> Alexander Shenkin wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been trying to get my Proxim Orinoco Gold 8470-FC pcmcia card
>>>> working on my windows 7 machine, with no luck so far
>>>
>>> If it is any consolation, that card is well supported by linux drivers
>>> such as madwifi and others :-)
>>>
>>> http://www.dudek.org/wireless Wireless cards with good linux support
>>>
>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-346597.html I hear and read
>>> in numerous places that Orinoco cards are easily recognized by Linux. -
>>> What chip set are the Orinoco cards using that makes them so easy to
>>> use?<snip>
>>>
>>> (old page with some interesting orinoco chipset and history info)
>>> http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/LucentWirelessCard (Dec 2002)
>>> Proxim has bought the Orinoco product line and released a different card
>>> under the "Orinoco Gold" label -
>>>
>>
>> yeah, thanks. just trying to get my system as-is rolling with this
>> card. but, if all else fails, i can run a VM in a pinch, try to attach
>> the pcmcia to it, etc...
>
> Anyone have any other ideas as to where I might post this question?
> Even if proxim doesn't support win 7 yet with their 8470, there might be
> a way to tweak older drivers, etc. thanks!
Have you tried finding win7 drivers for the chipset the 8470 uses and
giving those a try?
madwifi lists it as an AR5212
<http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/Compatibility/Proxim>
At least one person has got the chipset to work in win7
<http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprohardware/thread/b1e20241-23ed-4c20-a258-360e9aa7fa42>

From: Alexander Shenkin on 1 Jun 2010 14:33

On 6/1/2010 10:02 AM, Bob wrote:
> On 01/06/2010 13:26, Alexander Shenkin wrote:
>> On 5/31/2010 9:21 PM, Alexander Shenkin wrote:
>>> On 5/31/2010 5:41 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
>>>> Alexander Shenkin wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I've been trying to get my Proxim Orinoco Gold 8470-FC pcmcia card
>>>>> working on my windows 7 machine, with no luck so far
>>>>
>>>> If it is any consolation, that card is well supported by linux drivers
>>>> such as madwifi and others :-)
>>>>
>>>> http://www.dudek.org/wireless Wireless cards with good linux support
>>>>
>>>> http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-346597.html I hear and
>>>> read
>>>> in numerous places that Orinoco cards are easily recognized by Linux. -
>>>> What chip set are the Orinoco cards using that makes them so easy to
>>>> use?<snip>
>>>>
>>>> (old page with some interesting orinoco chipset and history info)
>>>> http://www.seattlewireless.net/index.cgi/LucentWirelessCard (Dec 2002)
>>>> Proxim has bought the Orinoco product line and released a different
>>>> card
>>>> under the "Orinoco Gold" label -
>>>>
>>>
>>> yeah, thanks. just trying to get my system as-is rolling with this
>>> card. but, if all else fails, i can run a VM in a pinch, try to attach
>>> the pcmcia to it, etc...
>>
>> Anyone have any other ideas as to where I might post this question?
>> Even if proxim doesn't support win 7 yet with their 8470, there might be
>> a way to tweak older drivers, etc. thanks!
> Have you tried finding win7 drivers for the chipset the 8470 uses and
> giving those a try?
> madwifi lists it as an AR5212
> <http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/Compatibility/Proxim>
> At least one person has got the chipset to work in win7
> <http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itprohardware/thread/b1e20241-23ed-4c20-a258-360e9aa7fa42>
>

Thanks Bob - those are nice ideas. I actually already came across that
post, and tried using the AWLC4030 driver, but it didn't work for me. I
assume it's because I'm running 64-bit Windows 7. I've searched around
for other AR5212 drivers for windows 7 x64, but again, no joy. The
Omnipeek drivers don't do the trick either. There are probably some out
there that would indeed work (I hope there are, anyway), but I haven't
been able to find them yet.

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