ORiNOCO

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Chipsets

ORiNOCO is the brand name that was used for a family of wireless networking solutions by Proxim (previously Lucent). These chipsets provide wireless connectivity for 802.11-compliant Wireless LANs.

The different models of cards, referred to by different color-based monikers, were:

White/Bronze: Standard WaveLAN IEEE PC Cards with 802.11 support [1]
Bronze/Silver: WaveLAN IEEE Turbo PC Cards with 802.11b and WEP support [2]
Silver/Gold: WaveLAN IEEE Turbo 11 Mb PC Cards, with support f or 802.11b and additional WEP features [3]

[edit] Compatibility

The WaveLan chipsets that power ORiNOCO-branded cards were commonly used to power other wireless networking devices, and are compatible with a number of other access points, routers, and wireless cards, including the following:

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