Re: Proxim Orinoco 8470 on Windows 7

On 5/31/2010 12:30 PM, Mike Easter wrote:
Alexander Shenkin wrote:

I've been trying to get my Proxim Orinoco Gold 8470-FC pcmcia card
working on my windows 7 machine, with no luck so far (it worked fine on
my old XP machine).

This page looks like proxim is saying they support W2k-XP with that card
http://snipr.com/wyhn7 8470-FC ORiNOCO 11b/g PC Card, Gold - FCC -
Windows 2000, XP

Thanks Mike - they actually also support Vista, as they have a driver
specifically for it. While they don't support Windows 7, there are
plenty of other devices out there that don't officially support windows
7, but still work with it. So, I'm wondering if there's any way to get
the existing drivers to work with windows 7, or perhaps there are modded
drivers out there, or something along those lines. I dunno.


I've tried proxim's vista and whql drivers, neither
of which seem to work. Anyone have any ideas how I might get this to
work?

This is the page where you connect with the proxim support for downloads
and knowledgebase which requires that you have a login account
http://www.proxim.com/support/contact.html

Yep, thanks, already have an account and tried the latest Vista and XP
(WHQL) drivers, to no avail.
.

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