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Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: quasarlyte on June 09, 2005, 12:37:29 am
Hey guys..

    I want to purchase a wireless cf lan card, but don't know which one is compatible with the SL5500 with OPIE 3.5.3.  
   Which ones are good and are supported?

Thanks
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: PrOtOn on June 09, 2005, 11:47:54 pm
I know this one works because Irongeek uses it: TRENDnet/TRENDware TE-CF100 10/100 Ethernet card
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: quasarlyte on June 09, 2005, 11:58:55 pm
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I know this one works because Irongeek uses it: TRENDnet/TRENDware TE-CF100 10/100 Ethernet card
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Well I'm not looking for the ethernet card. I'm looking for the wireless. Does the
Linksys WCF12 Wireless-B Network CompactFlash Card (Type I) work with OPIE 3.5.3?
Saw it on amazon for $35.

Thanks
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: PrOtOn on June 10, 2005, 12:02:17 am
I have a Spectrum24 symbol cf wireless card(802.11b | 11 Mbps). It works like a charm.
 Also, if you elaborate your question better, you will get a better response.
 Sorry for the first reply, but you didn't specify you want a wireless card.
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: PrOtOn on June 10, 2005, 12:05:55 am
Also, this thread should tell you more about what you want.
 Check it out. https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10912 (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=10912)
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: quasarlyte on June 10, 2005, 01:45:05 am
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I have a Spectrum24 symbol cf wireless card(802.11b | 11 Mbps). It works like a charm.
 Also, if you elaborate your question better, you will get a better response.
 Sorry for the first reply, but you didn't specify you want a wireless card.
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My bad.  Yeah, I'm new to the linux community and the Zaurus PDA. It's so difficult to find things and know what I need. Cause you know "Microsoft Windows." It's all plug and play. haha.  This may be one of the reasons people go back to windows cause it's easy to use. No need to use the brain.  Well, I'm gonna stick with linux and work my way up.

Thanks for the help.
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: tesla_cubed on June 10, 2005, 10:58:22 am
I  had a linksys WCF12 it worked great till the antena broke off    , my fault  not the cards.  It woorked great for about 2 yrs before that.  I picked up a AmbiCom wl1100c when I was in KC about 3 months ago it is also a good card. Both work out of the box with OZ/Opie, bbattery life seemes to be about the same with each.  
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: rrnwexec on July 05, 2005, 12:37:58 am
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I  had a linksys WCF12 it worked great till the antena broke off    , my fault  not the cards.  It woorked great for about 2 yrs before that.  I picked up a AmbiCom wl1100c when I was in KC about 3 months ago it is also a good card. Both work out of the box with OZ/Opie, bbattery life seemes to be about the same with each. 
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Linksys WCF12 card is a great choice. I've successfully used it on both the 5500 and 5600 with Sharp's ROM (get the latest), and also with OZ/Opie and OZ/gpe (use 3.5.3 in both cases). It's as close to plug-and-play as I've seen.
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: Hrw on July 05, 2005, 08:48:47 am
Dlink DCF-660W works with both my Zauruses using hostap-modules from OZ 3.5.3
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: dukeinlondon on July 17, 2005, 09:08:48 am
I just bought an ambicom wl1100c-cf and it worked right out of the box with OZ opie latest. It was easy to find in the UK.
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: steven on July 17, 2005, 09:29:39 pm
I just purchased a Linksys WCF12 and I am trying to get it working on a SL-C860 Zaurus running OZ 3.5.3 with Opie v1.2! However upon pushing in the card it is not auto detected!! I tried what Syrae said in this post (https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=13841&hl=wcf12) and the card is shown on my list.... can anyone help me manually configure to card?   Any help please !!!
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: SteveConley on August 02, 2005, 02:35:34 pm
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I have a Spectrum24 symbol cf wireless card(802.11b | 11 Mbps). It works like a charm.

I have a Poodle and my "Socket Low Power WLAN" cf card (which is supposed to be the same as a Spectrum - worked fine under Sharp but says it is unrecognized in OZ 3.5.3 and the OZ pcmcia file does not show entries for either it or Spectrum. Did you have to do anything special to get it going?
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: acpkendo on August 03, 2005, 12:45:24 pm
FWIW, do NOT get a Sandisk Connect (the "plain" WLAN card, not the one with 128MB memory added).  I've had two fail within the first year, and then the one that replaced one of them fail a year after that.  I am considering a Connect+ (the one WITH the flash memory), since it's supported out of the box, but I'm a bit hesitant.  How has everyone's experience been with these?
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: koen on August 03, 2005, 03:26:11 pm
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FWIW, do NOT get a Sandisk Connect (the "plain" WLAN card, not the one with 128MB memory added).  I've had two fail within the first year, and then the one that replaced one of them fail a year after that.  I am considering a Connect+ (the one WITH the flash memory), since it's supported out of the box, but I'm a bit hesitant.  How has everyone's experience been with these?
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The connect+ works like a charm over here
Title: Picking Wireless Lan Cf
Post by: nickrout on August 14, 2005, 07:08:03 pm
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FWIW, do NOT get a Sandisk Connect (the "plain" WLAN card, not the one with 128MB memory added).  I've had two fail within the first year, and then the one that replaced one of them fail a year after that.  I am considering a Connect+ (the one WITH the flash memory), since it's supported out of the box, but I'm a bit hesitant.  How has everyone's experience been with these?
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The connect+ works like a charm over here
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My Belkin 802.11b CF card works well in my SL-5500