RE: [Karlnet] Prism Card Compatibility With Karlnet

["barrywhitcomb" <barrywhitcomb@msn.com>]

Barry, The Prism II cards are not supported with the NDIS driver. I am sorry if I steered you in the wrong direction. Our current software supports these cards in the Flashrom only. The 802.11b(AP+) feature of the flashrom would allow traffic when Prism cards are utilized in the workstation, but NOT in TurboCell mode,only native.The feature of our Client Manager allows for various profiles, unfortunately Prism II in TC mode is not a possibility. We have tested and reviewed the possibility, but it is not currently feasible. I will gladly release any key generated for these(Prism) if you send the MAC addr. Sorry for the confusion. RLM

-----Original Message-----
From: barry@all-clear.biz [mailto:barry@all-clear.biz]
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 4:11 PM
To: reggie@karlnet.com
Subject: Problems with Prism Chipset Cards

Reggie:

We've gotten the FlashROM ISP basestation working great (thanks!). We gotten the NDIS drivers working just fine with Orinoco cards (thanks again!).

 

The Prism 200 mW cards (with their native driver) work great under 802.11b but we can't get them recognized by the Turbocell Client software.

 

I also created a several profiles on my laptop to test (the Orinoco cards have their own license key, the Prism it's own seperate license key for it's MAC address).

 

The configuration works fine with the Orinoco/Lucient under Turbocell and under 802.11b. When I try to insert the Prism card the Turbocell Client Manager won't recognize it.

 

 

Barry Whitcomb

-----Original Message-----
From: karlnet-admin@WISPNotes.com [mailto:karlnet-admin@WISPNotes.com] On Behalf Of Barry Whitcomb
Sent: Tuesday, May 21, 2002 4:47 PM
To: karlnet@WISPNotes.com
Subject: [Karlnet] Prism Card Compatibility With Karlnet

I gave out some misinformation last week. We have installed our first Turbocell ISP base (FlashROM--to 300' tower with YDI amplifier and 12.4 dbi Comet Omni) and all seems well. We've been testing both Orinoco and Prism 200 mW cards.

 

The Orinoco cards work very well under both 802.11b and Turbocell modes.

The Prism cards will perform very well to ISP base in 802.11b mode (using native Prism Wi-Fi drivers). They are NOT recognized by Turbocell Client Manager at all, even though Karlnet says they work.

 

I've tried installing all software on a new machine with just Win98 SE with Prisim Card Installed.

I've tried installing all software on a new machine with just Win98 SE with Orinoco Card Installed and then swapping to the Prism.

 

Anyone have any suggestions?

 

 

Barry Whitcomb

Quantum Success, Inc. / All Clear

 

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