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
>
>
> >
>
>
>
>
> Hi All
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.<
> /DIV>
>
>
Matt
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