I've been crazy busy the last few days and haven't even been able to enjoy this forum.
So, you get a positive result in EZPLAY, I haven't gotten that. Nor have I gotten it to light up. More important however, did you get the packet driver to connect with the hardware, and could you ping something?
Lucent Wavelan Silver like this one:
http://wikidevi.com/w/images/thumb/...r_top.jpg/600px-Lucent_WaveLAN_Silver_top.jpg
I think they are all the same inside anyway except for the brand name.
I too have heard that they're the same, and all have the
Hermes chipset. The one that I got
is this, and it looks different in that the protruding part is much smaller. Regardless, it's a Proxim Orinoco Silver and the info on the back says "Model 8421-WD 842X" and "Agere Systms 0110-PC". I currently have no way of proving that it is compatible with the driver that I got, although it is the one that I got from the Proxim support site that they say is for an 8421. Actually, I downloaded the whole CD.
I don't think I missed anything in translating the HDD setup to a floppy, but I have spent quite a few hours trying various things and the card does not light up - let alone connect with the driver. I haven't had time to set up a suitable Linux on a laptop to see if it works with that. It could be toast for all I know - I just bought it.
What is interesting is that the PCMCIA ethernet card that I just got, does not require any drivers (except packet ofcourse) in this machine. I stick it in, boot from a floppy, and I'm on the net. No muss, no fuss. Similar on two other old laptops - no PCMCIA card or socket services required.