Edited by author 05-08-2003 09:18 AM
You should note that the OrangeWare drivers are only available to OEMs, not end users, and support only one particular chipset.

IOXperts http://www.ioxperts.com has a retail driver for both Mac OS 9 and X supporting a large number of 3rd party 802.11b cards http://www.ioxperts.com/devices_80211b.html -- support for several more chipsets on the way.

The major reasons we see for people using 3rd party cards are improved reception (TiBook) and cost -- a $30 card plus a $20 driver is still considerably cheaper than an Apple Airport card.

To answer /m11, yes, Apple removed support for the Lucent/Orinoco/Avaya cards in Mac OS X.

(Disclaimer: I am CTO of IOXperts)