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pEEf · 11-10-2005

I was able to successfully convert my 2wire to an orinoco gold by flashing in a CIS & PDA derived from an official Orinico Gold. The 2wire now identifies as a "Version 5.0 Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE Version 01.01", and will ask to install Orinoco drivers on a fresh machine when inserted, and will take the current (non-hacked) 8.72 firmware.

The only difference between it and the "Donor" card I sucked the CIS/PDA from is this:

2 Wire:
Variant 1, Version 4.04 of Primary Functions firmware
Variant 1, Version 8.72 of Station Functions firmware

Orinoco:
Variant 1, Version 4.00 of Primary Functions firmware
Variant 1, Version 8.72 of Station Functions firmware

Everything else is the same, even serial and MAC. I obviously will change the MAC if I can get the card working again, but the problem is that it WILL NOT see any signals. Nothing. It's as if somehow the channels have been shifted, or the radio itself has not been initialized. I assume this is because of the differences in the "Primary Firmware".

What I need is a backup CIS and PDA from a 2 Wire card. I didn't do it correctly and now I'm stuck!

The good news is that If you apply this to a Truemobile it DOES work fine! I have 2 that now are identifiying as Orinoco Golds.

I will happily trade my "trick" for doing the Truemobiles for a 2wire dump!

11-10-2005	#4 (permalink)
pEEf Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 2	2wire problems I was able to successfully convert my 2wire to an orinoco gold by flashing in a CIS & PDA derived from an official Orinico Gold. The 2wire now identifies as a "Version 5.0 Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE Version 01.01", and will ask to install Orinoco drivers on a fresh machine when inserted, and will take the current (non-hacked) 8.72 firmware. The only difference between it and the "Donor" card I sucked the CIS/PDA from is this: 2 Wire: Variant 1, Version 4.04 of Primary Functions firmware Variant 1, Version 8.72 of Station Functions firmware Orinoco: Variant 1, Version 4.00 of Primary Functions firmware Variant 1, Version 8.72 of Station Functions firmware Everything else is the same, even serial and MAC. I obviously will change the MAC if I can get the card working again, but the problem is that it WILL NOT see any signals. Nothing. It's as if somehow the channels have been shifted, or the radio itself has not been initialized. I assume this is because of the differences in the "Primary Firmware". What I need is a backup CIS and PDA from a 2 Wire card. I didn't do it correctly and now I'm stuck! The good news is that If you apply this to a Truemobile it DOES work fine! I have 2 that now are identifiying as Orinoco Golds. I will happily trade my "trick" for doing the Truemobiles for a 2wire dump!