Lucent Firmware on Elsa cards?

02-13-2002

hi

does someone have an idea how i can use lucent firmware on elsa airlancer or vianect cards?
and how can i use the lucent client manager with this cards?

cu AssetBurned

02-14-2002

first tho, u need to be sure that the card you have is a lucent chipset. then get the latest firmware exe from wavelan.com, and also find a good hex editor. I used Vedit.
next, open the upgrade exe and search for LUCENT_TECHNOLOGIES-WAVELAN

Then run regedit and look for the string associated with your card, in my case for a compaq wl110 this is COMPAQ-COMPAQ_WL110_PC_CARD-E648. Copy this into notepad. next go back to the hex editor and over type the lucent text LUCENT_TECHNOLOGIES-WAVELAN-blah-blah with your registry's entry for your type of wireless card. Do not over run the length of the name. if necessary, pack out with spaces.

save the exe, and run. it will search the registry for your new type of card, instead of saying "no card driver present"

I have used this sucessfully with my compaq card and it did flash up the station firmware.

If anyone has a compaq wl110 they want to flash and needs the modified exe, drop me a mail. However, I'll make no claim it will work on your card. Therefore only do it if you have another card / dont care about screwing your card up etc.

Regards,

Paul.

02-14-2002

http://delltalk.us.dell.com/messages/message_view.asp?name=pccard_network&id=zzwwn&show profile=1 is the link I was looking for before.

02-21-2002

so if one is able to flash the firmware of a 'foreign' card, it should be possible to flash the firmware of a silver card to obtain the gold version.. without the use of the intermec ap, right?

has anyone done this?

03-13-2002

Hi Paul.

I follow your instructions to upgrade my WL110 with the Orinoco new firmware... and I couldn't make it work. It only says "no card driver present".

I also tried using Orinoco driver for Windows 2000, instead Compaq one, but I get the same error.

Reading string of card identification, it's a COMPAQ-COMPAQ_WL110_PC_CARD-E648, just like yours.

If you can send it to me for trying one more time, I'll thank you a lot. My email is madATj0ker.net (change "AT" for @).

Thanks in advance.

03-13-2002

If you got a Win98 box, you can update your Compaq driver with the Orinoco drivers by selecting it manually. Then after you reboot, make sure in your Device Manager it says working properly. Run the Orinoco firmware update, now it wont say card not found.

03-13-2002

I did it that way in Windows 2000 and get it working

Thank you very much

03-14-2002

another way is to rewrite your .inf file for your card. (only verified on w98, 2k might not work)
just replace the dll's and sys's and disk content entries in the inf file with the names of the orinoco files.
then insert your card, and let m$ ask u for the drivers. select your new .inf file and go on. after reb00ting, run the update util and be happy with your new firmware.
i've done this with my elsa mc-11 wep64 (orinoco silver card) and it works fine.
remember: be careful when flashing your card. don't flame me if something goes wrong.

02-13-2002	#1 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Lucent Firmware on Elsa cards? hi does someone have an idea how i can use lucent firmware on elsa airlancer or vianect cards? and how can i use the lucent client manager with this cards? cu AssetBurned

02-14-2002	#2 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	yes it can be done. first tho, u need to be sure that the card you have is a lucent chipset. then get the latest firmware exe from wavelan.com, and also find a good hex editor. I used Vedit. next, open the upgrade exe and search for LUCENT_TECHNOLOGIES-WAVELAN Then run regedit and look for the string associated with your card, in my case for a compaq wl110 this is COMPAQ-COMPAQ_WL110_PC_CARD-E648. Copy this into notepad. next go back to the hex editor and over type the lucent text LUCENT_TECHNOLOGIES-WAVELAN-blah-blah with your registry's entry for your type of wireless card. Do not over run the length of the name. if necessary, pack out with spaces. save the exe, and run. it will search the registry for your new type of card, instead of saying "no card driver present" I have used this sucessfully with my compaq card and it did flash up the station firmware. If anyone has a compaq wl110 they want to flash and needs the modified exe, drop me a mail. However, I'll make no claim it will work on your card. Therefore only do it if you have another card / dont care about screwing your card up etc. Regards, Paul.

02-14-2002	#3 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	as above http://delltalk.us.dell.com/messages/message_view.asp?name=pccard_network&id=zzwwn&show profile=1 is the link I was looking for before.

02-21-2002	#4 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	what about silver to gold? so if one is able to flash the firmware of a 'foreign' card, it should be possible to flash the firmware of a silver card to obtain the gold version.. without the use of the intermec ap, right? has anyone done this?

03-14-2002	#8 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	just another way.... another way is to rewrite your .inf file for your card. (only verified on w98, 2k might not work) just replace the dll's and sys's and disk content entries in the inf file with the names of the orinoco files. then insert your card, and let m$ ask u for the drivers. select your new .inf file and go on. after reb00ting, run the update util and be happy with your new firmware. i've done this with my elsa mc-11 wep64 (orinoco silver card) and it works fine. remember: be careful when flashing your card. don't flame me if something goes wrong.

03-13-2002	#5 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	Hi Paul. I follow your instructions to upgrade my WL110 with the Orinoco new firmware... and I couldn't make it work. It only says "no card driver present". I also tried using Orinoco driver for Windows 2000, instead Compaq one, but I get the same error. Reading string of card identification, it's a COMPAQ-COMPAQ_WL110_PC_CARD-E648, just like yours. If you can send it to me for trying one more time, I'll thank you a lot. My email is madATj0ker.net (change "AT" for @). Thanks in advance.

03-13-2002	#6 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	If you got a Win98 box, you can update your Compaq driver with the Orinoco drivers by selecting it manually. Then after you reboot, make sure in your Device Manager it says working properly. Run the Orinoco firmware update, now it wont say card not found.

03-13-2002	#7 (permalink)
Posts: n/a	I did it that way in Windows 2000 and get it working Thank you very much

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