Re:Originally posted by: guy
Well… the OS is Windows 2000… I'm willing to switch back to Windows 98 if that would make it work… BTW… it's in a Dell Latitude CPi A
Don't do that. Just find good drivers from Cisco or Aironet for the card.
Re:Good grief! You can pick up a PCMCIA wireless card that will work on a rebate deal for $10-15 almost anytime. You'd downgrade to W98 just to avoid spending that amount of money? What's your time worth. 50 cents an hour? i/expressions/rolleye.gif
Re:Well… the OS is Windows 2000… I'm willing to switch back to Windows 98 if that would make it work… BTW… it's in a Dell Latitude CPi A
Re:I know Dirk Gates, the former founder and CEO of Xircom. I forwarded him your post and this was his reply:
He's probably better off going out and picking up a Linksys card …
Most likely the card he has is an OEM from Aironet/Cisco — I have two old Xircom (Cisco OEM) cards I used in the boys old machines (X20s) — and while I could get the driver to function (pass data) it didn't have the hooks to let XP know whether the network was connected — so the icon in the system tray always said no network — but it worked fine — it was just a nuisance ….
Ultimately, the real issue is the drivers never got updated after the acquisition — I could never find an XP driver for the card — and even e-mailed the VP of Engineering a few times — it wasn't an Intel priority to develop new drivers for the Cisco card — instead they kept all the man power on building Intel things …. so your guy might be able to find drivers on the Cisco site that can help — sadly, I couldn't a year or so ago when I looked — and I eventually gave up …. But the Xircom card should run just fine on Aironet drivers …..
I know it doesn't help — but the Linksys cards aren't expensive — and now they are Cisco — so I would go with them ….
Sorry I couldn't help ….
D.
The cards aren't junk. Xircom was the best. The problem is, there have been no updated drivers since the acquisition of Xircom by Intel.
Re:suggestions? please? anything?
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