05 September 2008, 20:56 | #1 |
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PCMCIA Wifi?
Hi all
Had a search but not found much about this. Some guy on amiga.org was saying that he had a PCMCIA Wifi (orinoco) on his Amiga. I asked if any PCMCIA Wifi device would work or does it need to be a orinoco. I ask as they seem to be £40+ whereas any boggo standard one can be bought for less than a fiver. Any help appreciated as always! |
05 September 2008, 21:11 | #2 |
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It has to be a PRISM2 chipset. The drivers were written by the great Neil Cafferkey who also wrote the PCMCIA driver for the 3COM 3C589 10-Mbit ethernet cards.
http://aminet.net/package/driver/net/prism2 You can get these cards for £5-£10 or lower on Ebay. No-one really wants a 11Mbit wireless card these days? Last edited by alexh; 05 September 2008 at 21:26. |
05 September 2008, 21:15 | #3 |
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Thanks for that Alex. My ebay searching skills were a bit off earlier, just found a buy it now for less than a tenner. I think ill give it a try. What else will I need to get my A1200 or A600 on the net?
Cheers EDIT: Found this: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=280263763184 Says Orinoco Branded. So will this do do you think? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-Orinoco-Go...d=p3286.c0.m14 |
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If you look in the MANUAL (WinGUIDE) of the driver above it has some recommendations for cards. Allied Telesyn AT-WCL452 O6M-WE300 Artem CC-PC-b-H2-STD Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11(g) Compaq WL110 Speedtouch 110(g) Lucent Tech Orinoco Bronze Lucent Tech Orinoco Gold Lucent Tech Orinoco Silver Lucent Tech Orinoco WaveLAN/IEEE 802.11(b) Netgear MA401 Microsoft MN520 SMC SMC2632W LLM002SMC2632W Unex NexAir MR011-001 Last edited by alexh; 05 September 2008 at 21:31. |
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05 September 2008, 21:29 | #5 |
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Great stuff. Thanks again Alex. I await its arrival from Ireland!
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05 September 2008, 21:46 | #6 |
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dont use PCMCIA with a Mediator...... I'm still pissed after buying a 90'PCMCIA adapter and a wifi card. Only to find the Mediator overlaps with PCMCIA memory space....
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05 September 2008, 21:53 | #7 |
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The only problem with wi-fi on Amiga is security. The Amiga drivers (or perhaps it's the hardware, or both) only support WEP. WPA and WPA2 (the most secure) aren't supported. This means you have to lower the security of your router, which is not a good thing since WEP can be consistently cracked in seconds.
I got a 3COM 3C589 10-Mbit ethernet card with cable for £3 off eBay and used that instead. Steve. |
05 September 2008, 21:57 | #8 |
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You should live where I do... in the middle of nowhere... any non local folk tweak the suspicions of the whole village " 'tis a local network for local people... there'll be no road here!!"
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05 September 2008, 21:57 | #9 |
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I am not sure if using your MAC addresses to secure your wireless router (so even if they crack it... they also have to clone your MAC address too) helps? I always do that here.
Edit: The PRISM2 PCMCIA hardware can support WPA with software. If an extra software component is required, I wonder if Neil Cafferkey could be persuaded to take a look into this? Last edited by alexh; 18 August 2010 at 10:08. |
05 September 2008, 22:41 | #10 |
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I use MAC address filtering so no probs with hacking.
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06 September 2008, 00:21 | #11 |
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MAC spoofing?
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06 September 2008, 04:07 | #12 |
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MAC Filtering with fixed IP assigned by router... If I am connected MAC spoofing would cause an IP conflict? I also need to press a button on the router to allow new devices to connect. Is is still insecure?
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06 September 2008, 09:28 | #14 |
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06 September 2008, 20:56 | #15 |
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So what else will I need to get my new PCMCIA Wifi card going on an A1200? (Be gentle with me!)
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06 September 2008, 21:14 | #19 |
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Wifi card drivers... are they generic? from aminet?
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06 September 2008, 21:31 | #20 |
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Yes, they are generic. See alexh's Aminet link in post #2!
And get MiamiDX (inc reg keys) from here: http://www.fatcat.vispa.com/keyring/ Steve |
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