ORiNOCO PC Card
Lucent ORiNOCO Classic (Silver/Gold)
FCC approval date: 20 July 1999
Country of manuf.: Taiwan
Interface: PCMCIA (16-bit)
ID: 0156:0002
FCC ID: IMRWLPCE24H
WI1 chip1: Lucent HERMES I
WI1 chip2: Lucent THESEUS HS
WI1 chip3: Philips Model?
Additional chips
IF quadrature transceiver;Philips;SA1630;SA1630BE, 016742, FP026B;1;;LQFP-48;
2.4GHz low-voltage RF transceiver (w/ LNA + mixer);Philips;SA2420;SA2420DH, 945121--, Fnr0014B;1;BiCMOS;TSSOP24;
Low-voltage frequency synthesizer for radio telephones (900 / 2GHz);Philips;UMA1021M;MA1021, 010123, CnJ0272;1;BiCMOS;SSOP16;
Parallel Flash memory (1 Mbit);SST;SST29LE010-150-4C-EH-70TC;SST, 29LE010, 150-4C-EH, 0030149-01;1;
RAM chip;EliteMT;LP62S1024AV-55LLT;;2;
Probable Linux driver
orinoco (in backports)
(see also passys)
Antenna connector: MC
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| FCC ID | |
|---|---|
| 2Wire ORiNOCO PC Card | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Alvarion BreezeNET PC-DS.11b | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Apple AirPort Base Station M5757 (Graphite) | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Avaya World Card Silver/Gold | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Buffalo WLA-L11 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Buffalo WLAR-L11-L | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11G | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Compaq WL110 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Compaq WL215 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| D-Link DWL-660 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Dell TrueMobile 1150 PC Card | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Enterasys CSIBD-AA | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Enterasys CSIBD-AA-128 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| IBM 26P8030 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| IBM High Rate Wireless LAN PC Card | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Lucent ORiNOCO AP-500 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Lucent ORiNOCO RG-1000 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Motorola USB11b | IMRWLPCE24H |
| NEC Aterm WB45RL | IMRWLPCE24H |
| ORiNOCO USB Client | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Panasonic CF-VWLS071U | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Sony PCWA-C100 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| TRENDnet TEW-AP100 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Toshiba PA3064U-1PCC | IMRWLPCE24H |
| YDI Diamond Card | IMRWLPCE24H NM5-A2400S |
| YDI Diamond USB | IMRWLPCE24H |
| YDI Emerald USB-Ant | NM5-USB-ANT-E IMRWLPCE24H |
| Chip1 brand | Chip2 brand | |
|---|---|---|
| ORiNOCO LC USB Client | Lucent | Agere |
| ORiNOCO Mini PCI Card | Lucent | Lucent |
| ORiNOCO Mini PCI Card (Ruby) | Lucent | Agere |
| ORiNOCO PC Card | Lucent | Lucent |
| ORiNOCO PC Card (Ruby) | Lucent | Agere |
| ORiNOCO USB Client | Lucent | Lucent |
For a list of all currently documented Lucent (Agere) chipsets with specifications, see Lucent.
These cards were extremely popular in the early 2000s before the 802.11g standard was finalized.
- This was the card NetStumbler (authored by Marius Milner) was written for.. which started the WarDriving craze of the early 2000s.
This card is not to be confused with...
- Ruby (Agere W4050) radio cards (FCC ID IMRWLPCE2411R)
- Ruby cards can only run newer firmware.. which is problematic if you want monitor mode w/ the in-kernel orinoco_cs
- HERMES II based cards from Proxim (8420 / 8421)
- these cards are distinguishable by the label art (they feature a businessman) and smaller antenna size
- HERMES II cards use a different driver set than HERMES I cards
- any other Proxim cards bearing the ORiNOCO brand
Various files and driver sets for these cards can be found here.
Additional specifications
Typical Receiver Sensitivity w/ 11b rates (BER < 10^-5) (more)
- -94 dBm @ 1M
- -91 dBm @ 2M
- -87 dBm @ 5.5M
- -83 dBm @ 11M
- Rx Sensitivity info is per the User's Guide included with the cards. This page is viewable here.
Images
Bronze
See Lucent WaveLAN Bronze. These cards do not support 802.11b.
WaveLAN Silver
ORiNOCO Silver
WaveAccess Gold variant
Early versions (removable shields)
Cabletron CSIBD-AA
IBM HRWL PC Card
Later versions (non-removable shields)
Table
| name | p/n | variant | version | prifw | cardid | fcc_id |
| Lucent WaveLAN Bronze | 011498/A | 1 | 1 | 2.04 | 00401-01000 | IMRWLPCE24 |
| Lucent WaveLAN Silver | 012372A+B+/C+D | 1 | 4 | 4.00 | 00101-04000 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Enterasys CSIBD-AA (CAB01) | 012397/B | 1 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 00101-04000 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Enterasys CSIBD-AA-128 (CAB03), earlier | 012397/B | 1 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 00101-04000 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Enterasys CSIBD-AA-128 (CAB03), later | 012397/B | 1 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 00101-04002 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Lucent WaveLAN Gold | 012600B | 1 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 00101-04000 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| ORiNOCO Integrated Card (LXE Gold Card) | 012606/B | 1 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 00201-04002 | unk |
| Alvarion BreezeNET PC-DS.11b | 012609/B | unk | unk | unk | unk | IMRWLPCE24H |
| YDI Diamond Card | 012699/B | 1 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 00101-04002 | NM5-A2400S, IMRWLPCE24H |
| Lucent WaveACCESS Gold | 012835/A | 1 | unk | unk | unk | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Lucent ORiNOCO Silver | 012938/C | 1 | 4.00 | 4.04 | 00101-04000 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Sony PCWA-C100 | 014632/A | 1 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 0101-04000 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Lucent HP ORiNOCO Silver | 014839/A | 1 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 00101-04000 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Lucent ORiNOCO Gold | 014916/D | 1 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 00101-04002 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Lucent ORiNOCO Gold | 014916/F | 1 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 00101-04002 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Dell TrueMobile 1150 | 014982/A | 1 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 00101-04002 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Lucent ORiNOCO Gold (USB) | 015530/B | 3 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 00103-04002 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Lucent IBM Gold (bricked) | 015545/A | unk | unk | unk | unk | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Avaya World Card (Silver) | 016064/B | 1 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 00101-04002 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Avaya World Card (Gold) | 016065 | 1 | 4.02 | unk | unk | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Compaq WL110 (USB) | 016434/A | 3 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 00103-4002 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11G | 016687/A | 2 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 00102-04002 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Lucent ORiNOCO Gold | 018468/A | 1 | 4.02 | 4.04 | 00101-04002 | IMRWLPCE24H |
| Enterasys CSICD-AW-128 | A019809/A | 4 | 5.00 | 4.04 | 00104-05000 | IMRWLPCE2411R |
| 2Wire 1000-100016-002 | 019461/D | 4 | 5.00 | 4.04 | 00104-05000 | IMRWLPCE2411R |
| Agere ORiNOCO Gold | 024205/B | 4 | 5.00 | 4.04 | 00104-05000 | IMRWLPCE2411R |
| Agere ORiNOCO Gold | 026258/A | 4 | 5.00 | 4.04 | 00104-05000 | IMRWLPCE2411R |
Flashing and PDA modifications
The cards are a pain to reflash. Flashing via Windows requires a driver compatible with the desired firmware updater and a compatible card identification string (or USB ID) for the firmware updater (barring hex edits to the updater).
If you happen to have one of the Lucent branded original USB variants, you can replace the card inside with different card (most if not all rebranded models should work) and flash it without consequence. This will conveniently allow flashing from within a VMed environment.
Silver models are able to be converted into Gold models by way of lincomatic's Alchemy, allowing you, a lowly civilian, access to military-grade encryption (ROT128). Alchemy also provides the ability to change a number of options in the PDA (MAC address, usable channels, etc). PCMCIA and USB models can use Alchemy.. provided you are using a supported driver set.
For more advanced flashing of the cards (primarily changing the CIS), Intersil's FLASH.EXE program is required.
- FLASH.EXE requires a genuine DOS environment and a suitable PCMCIA controller to work.
- I do not fully remember at the moment and netstumbler.org is currently down, but flashing via this method will probably require conversion into Motorola S-record format.
- You can easily brick your card with this method. Please exercise caution when flashing with this utility.
