[MLB-WIRELESS] Enterasys Orinocco Firmware Update

Sun Jul 14 21:33:10 EST 2002

I replace the secondary firmware version of 6.04 or 6.06 to 8.10 .  All my
cards are updated to this and run without any trouble at all under Linux,
FreeBSD, Windows '98 and XP

Matt

----- Original Message -----
From: "Martin Pot" <m.t.pot at ieee.org>
To: "Matt Pearce" <mattpearce at optushome.com.au>; "melbourne wireless"
<melbwireless at wireless.org.au>
Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 9:24 PM
Subject: Re: [MLB-WIRELESS] Enterasys Orinocco Firmware Update

> Just which firmware 8.10 are you updating them to?
> Put one of those RoamAbouts into a Linux box, and you'll probably see it
> report 6.04 firmware.
>
> Note that the Orinoco cards have three firmwares - primary, secondary, and
> tertiary.
> The tertiary firmware is loaded into volotile memory in the card each time
> the windows drivers are loaded, and is lost when the card loses power.
>
> The RoamAbout 7.44 Windows drivers use 8.10 tertiary firmware.
>
> All the RoamAbouts that I've seen only have 6.04 secondary firmware, and
> it's the secondary firmware that is used under Linux.
>
> I've found the 6.04 secondary firmware doesn't work very well under Linux,
> while the 6.06 firmware (available from Enterasys' website) works much
> better.
>
> Cheers,
> Martin.
>
> > Hi All
> >
> > I currently have an old laptop setup here to update the firmware in your
> En
> > terasys cards from the version it came with to 8.10.  Should you wish to
> ha
> > ve your firmware updated it is about a 15 second per card job and the
> lapto
> > p should be setup this way for the next week or so.  I live in Boronia
an
> > d if you want it done you will have to come to my place.  Please call me
> on
> >  0402 842 374 to arrange a time.  I work from home so most times after
> abou
> > t 10am are good for me.
> >
> > If there are those of you who want it doing tonight (Sunday) that could
> als
> > o be arranged depending on what time you get here.
> >
> > Please also note the I have done all 10 of my cards here and have had no
> pr
> > oblems at all, but should something go wrong I will not be replacing
> your c
> > ard/cards as I am not charging for this service.
> >
> > Matt
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> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Hi All</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>I currently have an old laptop setup
> here
> > to update
> > the firmware in your Enterasys cards from the version it came with to
> > 8.10. Should you wish to have your firmware updated it is about a 15
> >
> > second per card job and the laptop should be setup this way for the next
> > week
> > or so. I live in Boronia and if you want it done you will have to com
> > e to
> > my place. Please call me on 0402 842 374 to arrange a time. I w
> > ork
> > from home so most times after about 10am are good for me.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>If there are those of you who want it
> doin
> > g tonight
> > (Sunday) that could also be arranged depending on what time you get
> >
> > here.</FONT></DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Please also note the I have done all 10
> of
> >  my cards
> > here and have had no problems at all, but should something go wrong I
> will
> > not
> > be replacing your card/cards as I am not charging for this
> service.</FONT><
> > /DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2></FONT> </DIV>
> > <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Matt</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>
>
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