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***glc*** · 05-27-2005, 12:28 PM

Airmack - what is *wrong* with the Orinoco setup? I know what you are posting is the hot setup, but it's still not cost effective in my view. He isn't going to be wardriving, he just wants to hit hotspots that are intended to be accessible from where he's parked. I've had better luck with Orinoco cards than any of the big consumer brands (Linksys, D-Link, Netgear, etc.). Proxim was a wi-fi pioneer.

I'd order the SP2 CD or get someone with broadband to download the network install (270 megs) and burn it onto a CD for you. If you can find someone who already has the CD or the network install, ask them to burn you a copy. I would not attempt to do the active install over dialup OR broadband. Make SURE your machine is squeaky clean before installing SP2 - no spyware, no viruses, clean temps and caches, cut out unnecessary startup items.

05-27-2005, 12:28 PM	#22
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 37,734	Airmack - what is wrong with the Orinoco setup? I know what you are posting is the hot setup, but it's still not cost effective in my view. He isn't going to be wardriving, he just wants to hit hotspots that are intended to be accessible from where he's parked. I've had better luck with Orinoco cards than any of the big consumer brands (Linksys, D-Link, Netgear, etc.). Proxim was a wi-fi pioneer. I'd order the SP2 CD or get someone with broadband to download the network install (270 megs) and burn it onto a CD for you. If you can find someone who already has the CD or the network install, ask them to burn you a copy. I would not attempt to do the active install over dialup OR broadband. Make SURE your machine is squeaky clean before installing SP2 - no spyware, no viruses, clean temps and caches, cut out unnecessary startup items.