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> > > 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

Mine is labelled only Truemobile.

iwlist says it has 2 key sizes, 40 and 104 bits - is this 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).

Yes.  I have not yet tried ad-hoc mode (which you explained how to use 
with port_type=3).

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

iwlist list lists the available number of keys and bitrates and power and 
cheannel/frequency, but

iwlist eth0 ap
Interface doesn't have a list of access points.
How else might I get this information?

airo_cs gives access points, orinoco does not for my three orinoco cards 
(MN-520, Linksys ver 3), wvlan does not for the Truemobile.

> > Like orinoco_cs, wvlan_cs does not support iwlist.
>
> The following seem to work:
> -------------------

Two ways to type each one:

 iwlist eth0 freq  = channel
 iwlist eth0 ap = access points
 iwlist eth0 bitrate = rate
 iwlist eth0 keys = encryption
 iwlist eth0 power - iwlist eth0 txpower
> -------------------
>
> > 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 got the same for these with managed mode.

> 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
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