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Lucent Technologies Spring 2001
WaveLAN Station firmware Update utility (WSU) WSU10728
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TABLE OF CONTENTS:
1. Software Description
2. System Requirements
3. New In This Release
4. Technical Support
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1. SOFTWARE DESCRIPTION
1.1 About this software
The WaveLAN Station firmware Update utility (WSU) is a tool to
update the firmware on your Lucent Technologies ORiNOCO or
WaveLAN/IEEE Card.
The WSU can function on any computer running the MS-Windows 95,
98, NT, 2000 or Millennium Operating System, that has been
equipped with an ORiNOCO or WaveLAN/IEEE Card.
The ORiNOCO Card firmware makes the ORiNOCO products:
* Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity) certified by the Wireless
Ethernet Compatiblity Alliance (WECA).
* Interoperable with any other wireless LAN system
based on Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) radio
technology that complies with the IEEE 802.11 and
IEEE 802.11b Standards on wireless LANs.
* Backwards compatible with any other previously released
product of the Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE product
family.
1.2 Files
The WSU comprises the following files:
* WSU10728.EXE WSU
* WSU10728.HLP WSU Help info
* WSU10728.CNT WSU Help Contents
* README.TXT this file
1.2 Versions
WaveLAN Station firmware Update utility Variant 1 Version 4.36
contains:
Primary Functions firmware Variant 1 Version 4.00
Station Functions firmware Variant 1 Version 7.28
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2. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
2.1 Operating System
The WSU can function on any computer running the MS-Windows 95,
98, NT, 2000 or Millennium Operating System, that has been
equipped with an ORiNOCO or WaveLAN/IEEE Card.
2.2 Free Disk Space
The installation of the WSU requires a free disk space of
approximately 500 KB.
2.3 Driver Version
This WSU is only compatible with Windows Miniport Drivers of
Release 6.1 (v 6.14) or higher.
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3. NEW IN THIS RELEASE
3.1 Station Functions firmware v 7.28 Spring 2001
The following functionality has been added:
- Microwave Oven Robustness changed to use fragmentation.
In order to keep frames short (in time) to get them transmitted
during the transmit gaps of a (domestic) microwave oven, the MAC
will fragment long frames.
- Station adaptation of cell thresholds.
The Station adapts itself to the settings of the Access Point
it associates with. This applies to the following parameters:
* Distance between APs,
* RTS/CTS Medium Reservation,
* Microwave Oven Robustness.
These parameters are passed to the Station by the Access Point,
and overrule the settings in the Station. Hence this feature
functions only if the Access Point(s) support it.
- Load balancing.
This feature attempts to balance the load over the available
overlapping cells. The Access Point maintains measurement of
the load in its cell and provides that to the Stations.
Stations use this information in their roaming decisions. The
better the comms quality to potential Access Points, the bigger
the impact of the load is.
This feature functions only if the Access Points support it.
The following problem has been solved:
- The power LED is turned off when the radio's modem is disabled
through the Disable Radio function.
3.2 Station Functions firmware v 6.16 Winter 2001
The following problems have been solved:
- Problems with Network Name ANY in Peer-to-Peer (IBSS) mode
have been corrected.
- Security with encryption in Peer-to-Peer (IBSS) mode has been
improved. Previously, a connection could be set up between a
station with encryption enabled and a station with encryption
disabled and these stations would communicate in the clear.
Note that a station that did not have encryption enabled with the
correct key, could not intercept the (encrypted) data exchanged
between stations with encryption enabled.
Now the implementation is such that, with encryption enabled,
the station will always encrypt the data. All stations need to
have encryption enabled with the same key to be able to
communicate in the same Peer-to-Peer (IBSS) network.
3.3 Station Functions firmware v 6.06 July 2000
The following problems have been solved:
- A hang problem in the Site Monitor function while the station
is in Peer-to-Peer (IBSS) mode has been solved.
3.4 Station Functions firmware v 6.04 March 2000
The following functionality has been added:
- Wi-Fi compliance.
- Reception of fragmented messages is supported, for
interoperability with other vendor 802.11 products.
- Usage of 11- and 5.5 Mbit/s as IEEE Basic Rate. This allows
multicast and broadcast frames to be transmitted at these
higher rates.
- Microwave Oven Robustness feature has been added. When enabled,
this implies that the data rate will not fall back to 1 Mbit/s.
- Support for Peer-to-Peer (IBSS) mode. Note: An IBSS can not be
initiated till software release 6.1.
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4. Technical Support
4.1 Finding Information
On the ORiNOCO Web Site you can find the most recent
device drivers, firmware, software updates and
user documentation.
World Wide Web: HTTP://WWW.ORiNOCOWIRELESS.COM/ or
FTP://FTP.ORiNOCOWIRELESS.COM/PUB
4.2 Contact Technical Support
If you encounter problems when installing or using this product
or have questions about our other Lucent Technologies ORiNOCO
products, please contact your local Authorized ORiNOCO Reseller.
You can find their address on the ORiNOCO website.
Help us Helping you!
When contacting Technical Support, please use the Problem Report
(report.txt) and send it to us by Fax or E-Mail.
A completed Problem Report Form that includes the details about
your ORiNOCO product and its host environment will help us
helping you to solve your problems.
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Download Driver Pack
After your driver has been downloaded, follow these simple steps to install it.
Expand the archive file (if the download file is in zip or rar format).
If the expanded file has an .exe extension, double click it and follow the installation instructions.
Otherwise, open Device Manager by right-clicking the Start menu and selecting Device Manager.
Find the device and model you want to update in the device list.
Double-click on it to open the Properties dialog box.
From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab.
Click the Update Driver button, then follow the instructions.
Very important: You must reboot your system to ensure that any driver updates have taken effect.
For more help, visit our Driver Support section for step-by-step videos on how to install drivers for every file type.