🚀 go-pugleaf

just uninstall then reinstall with the latest Orinoco drivers
works fine here
amd next time don't upgrade the OS do a fresh install

hth
Joe

"Vinny Gullotta" <Vinny@LANocracy.com> wrote in message
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> Hmm, that's a strange one.  Maybe uninstalling the card and the orinoco
> software completely, then rebooting, then reinstalling the card and
software
> will fix the problem.  That would probably be my next course of action
> because I know it would frustrate me if it was doing that on my machine,
but
> if you don't mind it, you could probably leave it since everything seems
to
> be working fine.  I'm sure it's just some kind of glitch from upgrading to
> XP.
> Vinny
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> "Donkey Agony" <nobody@foo.invalid> wrote in message
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> > "Vinny Gullotta" wrote:
> >
> > > When you go to control panel and network connections, check to see if
> there
> > > are other connections listed there.
> >
> > The only other connection there is for the standard wired
> > RJ45 which -- as it correctly notes -- is currently unplugged.
> >
> > > Basically what I think your problem is,
> > > is that the connection that says disabled is not the connection you
are
> > > using.
> >
> > It says "Wireless connection unavailable" (not "disabled"),
> > and the Properties for that connection shows the Orinoco
> > PC card as what it's using.  So why is it "unavailable",
> > when I'm clearly getting a good wireless connection?
> >
> > > Most likely this is what happened.  When you upgraded your machine
> > > to XP, Windows kept the old connection there.  But then you probably
> > > reinstalled the card, which created a new connection.
> >
> > But I didn't reinstall the card, it just did this during the
> > upgrade.
> >
> > > So you are looking at
> > > the old settings from Win2k which are not working, while there
> > > is another connection that is working for WinXP.
> >
> > Well there *is* a good connection working in XP, but Network
> > Control Panel doesn't indicate so.
> >
> >
> > /da
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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