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Message from Steven
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Sindi wrote:
>
> > I recently purchased several Orinoco Gold
> 
> How do you know if you have a Silver or a Gold?

It's printed on the label:  Orinoco Gold

> iwconfig tells me it is in managed mode 

That mode requires an access point.  It cannot
connect to other wireless cards (just like two
cell phones in the same room cannot directly 
connect to each other).

> and also lists ESSID and Nickname.

It also lists the encryption key and information
about the connection (bit rate, sensitivity, etc.).

> Like orinoco_cs, wvlan_cs does not support iwlist.

The following seem to work:
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iwlist eth0 freq
iwlist eth0 ap
iwlist eth0 bitrate
iwlist eth0 keys
iwlist eth0 power
iwlist eth0 txpower
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> Which tools worked for you?

iwconfig - very, very useful
iwlist   - provides useful information
iwgetid  - just provides the ESSID
iwspy    - "No statistics to collect"
iwpriv   - "no private ioctls"

I am using port_type=3 (ad-hoc mode).
You may get different responses from 
these utilities when using the default 
mode (port_type=1).

Cheers,
Steven