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Re: orinoco usb adapter



On Mon, Nov 14, 2005 at 04:45:39PM +0100, dugongs@gmx.de wrote:
> I have a problem with my wlan-card, the Proxim Orinoco Gold 11b USB
> Adapter... I tried to get it working by installing ndiswrapper. Somewhere on
> the net I found the hint, that the card works through ndiswrapper together
> with the WinXP-driver from the installation-CD. 
> 
> But now there's the problem: loadndiswrapper says, that the WinXP-driver is
> not 64bit... and I could'nt find any 64bit-driver in the net for my card. 
> 
> Does anyone has an idea, how I can get it working?
> 
> Thanks a lot for your help! 

Unless a 64bit Windowx XP x64 driver exists, you won't be able to use
ndiswrapper with amd64.  64bit OS requires 64bit drivers.

Wireless chips with GPL drivers are much more likely to quickly be
ported to 64bit. :)

Len Sorensen



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