Thread: Just got USB Orinoco....problem

Sorry man, I don't think it's ornioco. You got taken. $30 ain't bad though. The real orinoco stuff goes for like $65 and higher.

Originally Posted by [H]Bugster

Here's a pic of it opened

It's got a printed antenna which is very difficult to bypass... I would reccomend not You would need to solder the coax to the base of the printed antenna, then scratch out the copper from the glass. I know how to do this but I would never attempt it unless you don't mind ruining the adapter.

it is an orinoco, cause the box is labled Proxim and Orinoco and so is the card itself.

Yeah, you're right, it's a proxim with orinoco tech. in it. All the Orinoco Gold USB devices I was looking at was Lucent/Agere. They go the extra mile with the PCMCIA cards still. Proxim cheaps out and just integrates. Probably becuase they own orinoco.

Bah! Now i have to waste more time and buy a new card. Anyway, this is up for grabs if anyone needs one to use in their house or something. Let me know.

PCLiquidations.com has the Lucent brand USB one for $39.99 + shipping...

thanks. From the same site, this is the one that i have right now:
http://www.pcliquidations.com/item.asp?id=936

Except mines is the Gold version

Here's what my Orinoco USB looks like. The little gold connector is the antenna port.

Yup, mike, that's a lucent one correct? That's the one I was talking about.