Has anyone tried the wireless drivers from Agere on an M500? I'm trying to get to the point where I can set up WPA with the oRinoco mini PCI card and a Belkin 7130 WAP.Our wireless set up is currently working very well (great range, no disconnects, and very good signal strength) and I'd hate to take an uncalculated risk and screw it up.
I understand that these are "reference" drivers, but Gateway seems in no hurry to post any updates for the M500.
Just out of curiosity, I downloaded the drivers from Agere, looked in the zip file, and read the "Read Me". At least the driver numbering logic is the same. I currently have v. 7.62 and the new drivers are v. 7.82. I don't understand Agere's comment about "works on Hermes I radios but not II"? How would one find out which the M500 had? I've read a few columns on WPA and Agere's "White Paper" on the subject, but how can you accurately ID your card without stripping down the machine?
On the dslreports forum, a few people have gotten them to work on some Toshiba notebooks but not on Dell.Thanks in advance for any input.
I understand that these are "reference" drivers, but Gateway seems in no hurry to post any updates for the M500.
Just out of curiosity, I downloaded the drivers from Agere, looked in the zip file, and read the "Read Me". At least the driver numbering logic is the same. I currently have v. 7.62 and the new drivers are v. 7.82. I don't understand Agere's comment about "works on Hermes I radios but not II"? How would one find out which the M500 had? I've read a few columns on WPA and Agere's "White Paper" on the subject, but how can you accurately ID your card without stripping down the machine?
On the dslreports forum, a few people have gotten them to work on some Toshiba notebooks but not on Dell.Thanks in advance for any input.
