ok i'm probably just adding some confusion to this thread but, i've got a couple links regarding older firmware...

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Wavelan-IEEE.html (wrapped)

ftp://ftp.wavelan.com/pub

Now i have'nt read thru these really yet but it *appears* that promiscuous mode can be achieved thru linux with firmware versions 6.16 and earlier. Dig thru the ftp site and you can find 6.16 version there. (Is the Orinocowireless website version 6.10 really different???)Now please don't jack up your card until you do some more research here, i'm just trying to spit out some ideas/urls. Let me know what ya'll find out.

Now another question, will the early Wavelan firmware run on an Orinoco card? I assume so since the hardware has just changed names, but i'm not sure about chipsets etc.

keep digging, one of us will get it.

-get_root