Interesting ... I just called Lucent up (now agere or whatever it is called) to get my old old old Lucent Silver card fixed.
They said it has a 3 year warranty. I almost wonder if these cards have a 3 year warranty too. Maybe they are refurb? Used?
Funny part was, the card stopped working last week. I called them, they said to install the latest drivers. I thought "go figure, might as well try it" and sonofagun, it worked! Upgraded the card firmware and it works under Linux again too.