<s>
ORiNOCO	B-Device
was	O
the	O
brand	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
family	O
of	O
wireless	O
networking	O
technology	O
by	O
Proxim	O
Wireless	O
(	O
previously	O
Lucent	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
integrated	O
circuits	O
(	O
codenamed	O
Hermes	O
)	O
provide	O
wireless	O
connectivity	O
for	O
802.11-compliant	O
Wireless	B-Architecture
LANs	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lucent	O
offered	O
several	O
variants	O
of	O
the	O
PC	B-Architecture
Card	I-Architecture
,	O
referred	O
to	O
by	O
different	O
color-based	O
monikers	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
White/Bronze	O
:	O
WaveLAN	O
IEEE	O
Standard	O
2	O
Mbit/s	O
PC	B-Architecture
Cards	I-Architecture
with	O
802.11	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Silver	O
:	O
WaveLAN	O
IEEE	O
Turbo	O
11	O
Mbit/s	O
PC	B-Architecture
Cards	I-Architecture
with	O
802.11b	O
and	O
64-bit	O
WEP	B-Protocol
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gold	O
:	O
WaveLAN	O
IEEE	O
Turbo	O
11	O
Mbit/s	O
PC	B-Architecture
Cards	I-Architecture
with	O
802.11b	O
and	O
128-bit	O
WEP	B-Protocol
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Proxim	O
,	O
after	O
taking	O
over	O
Lucent	O
's	O
wireless	O
division	O
,	O
rebranded	O
all	O
their	O
wireless	O
cards	O
to	O
ORiNOCO	B-Device
-	O
even	O
cards	O
not	O
based	O
on	O
Lucent/Agere	O
'	O
s	O
Hermes	O
chipset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Proxim	O
still	O
offers	O
ORiNOCO-based	O
cards	O
under	O
the	O
'	O
Classic	O
 '	O
brand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
WaveLAN	O
chipsets	O
that	O
power	O
ORiNOCO-branded	O
cards	O
were	O
commonly	O
used	O
to	O
power	O
other	O
wireless	O
networking	O
devices	O
,	O
and	O
are	O
compatible	O
with	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
access	O
points	O
,	O
routers	O
and	O
wireless	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
following	O
brand	O
and	O
models	O
utilise	O
the	O
chipset	O
,	O
or	O
are	O
rebrands	O
of	O
an	O
ORiNOCO	B-Device
product	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ORiNOCO	B-Device
(	O
and	O
their	O
derivatives	O
)	O
is	O
preferred	O
by	O
wardrivers	B-General_Concept
,	O
due	O
to	O
their	O
high	O
sensitivity	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
report	O
the	O
level	O
of	O
noise	O
(	O
something	O
that	O
other	O
chips	O
do	O
not	O
report	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
pre-Proxim	O
(	O
or	O
'	O
Classic	O
 '	O
)	O
ORiNOCO	B-Device
cards	O
have	O
a	O
jack	O
for	O
attaching	O
an	O
external	O
antenna	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Linux	O
Orinoco	B-Device
Driver	O
supports	O
the	O
IEEE	O
802.11b	O
Hermes/ORiNOCO	O
family	O
of	O
chips	O
.	O
</s>
