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Model Specific Forums => Sharp Zaurus => Zaurus - pdaXrom => Topic started by: TJBK_TJB on March 15, 2006, 07:01:45 pm

Title: Best Wifi?
Post by: TJBK_TJB on March 15, 2006, 07:01:45 pm: I would like a 802.11b card, and I'm not sure what to get. I've also had problems with retailers, so I would like to hear recommendations. My criteria for the card are: plug and play (for pdaXrom beta 2), less than $80 (least important), strong, small, and easy compatibility with WPA Supplicant and Kismet. And I would like the retailer to have fast delivery and this item in stock. Thank you.
Title: Best Wifi?
Post by: Hrw on March 16, 2006, 05:09:41 am: Any prism2 card will work. Insert, update firmware to 1.7.4 (or newer) to get WPA and rest is configuration of pdaX.
Title: Best Wifi?
Post by: Wildherb on March 16, 2006, 03:39:45 pm: Quote
I would like a 802.11b card, and I'm not sure what to get. I've also had problems with retailers, so I would like to hear recommendations. My criteria for the card are: plug and play (for pdaXrom beta 2), less than $80 (least important), strong, small, and easy compatibility with WPA Supplicant and Kismet. And I would like the retailer to have fast delivery and this item in stock. Thank you.
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I'd recommend Ambicom WL110C.
Compared to the average prism card that I have tried such as Netgear or Dlink - it is slimmer, uses less power and has a better range.
Title: Best Wifi?
Post by: ArchiMark on March 16, 2006, 05:00:42 pm: Ambicom card works well for me too...

Mark

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I would like a 802.11b card, and I'm not sure what to get. I've also had problems with retailers, so I would like to hear recommendations. My criteria for the card are: plug and play (for pdaXrom beta 2), less than $80 (least important), strong, small, and easy compatibility with WPA Supplicant and Kismet. And I would like the retailer to have fast delivery and this item in stock. Thank you.
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I'd recommend Ambicom WL110C.
Compared to the average prism card that I have tried such as Netgear or Dlink - it is slimmer, uses less power and has a better range.
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Title: Best Wifi?
Post by: TJBK_TJB on March 16, 2006, 06:20:36 pm: Thanks, I just ordered one from Ambicom.
Title: Best Wifi?
Post by: telemetric_au on March 16, 2006, 07:05:52 pm: Quote
I'd recommend Ambicom WL110C.
Compared to the average prism card that I have tried such as Netgear or Dlink - it is slimmer, uses less power and has a better range.
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referencing from [a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Wireless_Card_Support]https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Wireless_Card_Support[/url]

you say the ambicom is not a the average prism, do you mean that the WL1100C has a prism v.2.5 chipset instead of a v.2 as i the case of a D-Link for example ???
Title: Best Wifi?
Post by: Wildherb on March 17, 2006, 10:11:11 am: Quote
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I'd recommend Ambicom WL110C.
Compared to the average prism card that I have tried such as Netgear or Dlink - it is slimmer, uses less power and has a better range.
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referencing from [a href=\"https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Wireless_Card_Support]https://www.oesf.org/index.php?title=Wireless_Card_Support[/url]

you say the ambicom is not a the average prism, do you mean that the WL1100C has a prism v.2.5 chipset instead of a v.2 as i the case of a D-Link for example ???
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Thanks for the link which contains some good information, but first hand experience can be just as valuable. I can report that the range on the Ambicom is better than the Netgear MA701 and the Dlink660W

Also, even though the Spectrum24 card is listed here as a Prism2.5 yet I would not recommend that for pdaXrom as it requires too many driver patches to work properly.
Title: Best Wifi?
Post by: telemetric_au on March 20, 2006, 05:55:07 am: as a note of confidence in my and others research and recommendations i ordered an ambicom WL1100C-CF from ebay usa for $39 us and $12 us postage to au, and may comment back on how it goes...
Title: Best Wifi?
Post by: fix3r on December 21, 2007, 11:59:36 pm: I have the Ambicom WL1100C-CF and it sucks.

Every time I try to put it in my Zaurus, it either either locks it up with that dam white screen or it or pretends to work for about 5 minutes and then locks up again.

I don't know if its my card or my Zaurus. I have had my Zaurus and my card for about 1 day now and this is not how I wanted my experience with this new toy to go..

I was just in the middle of installing a package .. and what happens? White screen + card just turns off..

I have to unplug my card out of my Zaurus to make the white screen go away..
Title: Best Wifi?
Post by: static on February 08, 2008, 11:55:12 pm: i have a d-link dcf-660w that came with my collie (got it on e-bay).. it's freakin awful. somehow it permanently jacks up my SD cards. for a month or two i thought my zaurus was breaking my SD cards until i bought 2 more for dirt cheap on e-bay and started trying to diagnose the problem.

the collie uses a 2.4.18 kernel, though. i'm sure newer kernels have better support. or it could just be _my_ card that acts screwy. or it could just be that pdaxrom has a bad driver for it or something. i don't recall ruining any sd cards during the short period that i used the original sharp rom.