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Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Zazz on April 23, 2004, 08:30:17 pm

Go to hsn.com, search for item 684027, \"Pretec 802.11b Wireless PDA Card with PC Adapter\" ($29.64), proceed to checkout, add coupon 130004 ($15 off $20, exp. 04/30/04), with $5.95 S&H ends up at $20.59

Please note that I found this myself and AFAIK it is not posted on any of the usual deal boards. I suggest we keep quiet about it until all ZUG members that want one got into the deal.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: kbranch on April 23, 2004, 09:21:46 pm

Thanks for the tip, I just ordered 2.  I already have a Socket card, but CF WiFi cards go for $30 as a minimum on Ebay.  It\'s pretty common to see one go for $40.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: chimyfolkbutter on April 23, 2004, 10:58:55 pm

Zazz, Thanks for the heads up.  I just ordered 1.  I have a nice back up for my Linksys.

Sweet!!!

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: riki_nakamura on April 24, 2004, 01:02:36 am

Cool the pretec company seems to be well connected with the japanese market which made it possible for them to make their products compatible with the zauruses

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: vishnja on April 24, 2004, 04:55:52 pm

Yeah, I bought my pretec card in Europs and the packing stated it\'s compatability with the Zaurus. I thought this was nice :-)
Still, we don\'t such prices as at hsn.com ;-)

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: polansky on April 24, 2004, 06:44:59 pm

Got one too.  This is great.  Even on Ebay, I haven\'t been able to get it <$35 in the past week.

Anyone know about the power usage of this bad boy?

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: maslovsky on April 26, 2004, 02:50:16 am

Thanks!  Although I already have two wifi cards, I could not resist

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Ethereal on April 26, 2004, 06:37:39 pm

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proceed to checkout, add coupon 130004 ($15 off $20, exp. 04/30/04),

Hmm.  Was this coupon just for you, or for a specific group of shoppers?  HSN says that \"according to our records, you are not allowed to use this coupon.\"  Still might be a pretty good deal, though--about $38 shipped...

Any word on power draw...?

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: m2calabr on April 26, 2004, 07:27:02 pm

Here is the power draw:
Transmit: < 370mA
Receive: < 250mA
Standby:< 20mA
(from: http://www.pretec.com/index2/product/Mobil...ls/802_11b.htm) (http://www.pretec.com/index2/product/Mobile_peripherals/802_11b.htm))
For some other comparisons:
http://www.techgroup21.com/subpage.asp?subnavID=102 (http://www.techgroup21.com/subpage.asp?subnavID=102)
A quick comparison is:

Socket WL6000-320 / $128 Amazon.com
Idle: < 20 mA
Transmit: 170-280 mA
http://www.socketcom.com/product/WL6000-320.asp (http://www.socketcom.com/product/WL6000-320.asp)

Linksys WCF12 / $53 Buy.com
Idle: ???
Transmit: 250 mA
ftp://ftp.linksys.com/datasheet/wcf12ds.pdf (http://ftp://ftp.linksys.com/datasheet/wcf12ds.pdf)

I hope this helps.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: maslovsky on April 27, 2004, 05:30:13 am

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proceed to checkout, add coupon 130004 ($15 off $20, exp. 04/30/04),

Hmm.  Was this coupon just for you, or for a specific group of shoppers?  HSN says that \"according to our records, you are not allowed to use this coupon.\"  

I think this coupon is for the first time customers only...

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: ATS on April 28, 2004, 02:13:43 pm

:cry: Damn... US customers only... Anyone willing to order one for me and send it to Europe? Using PayPall or something like that?

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Joeboo on April 28, 2004, 10:02:04 pm

Got One...  Thanks, Great deal.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: vlad on April 28, 2004, 10:25:25 pm

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:cry: Damn... US customers only... Anyone willing to order one for me and send it to Europe? Using PayPall or something like that?

ebay coze, i\'ve got one

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: elementcomputer on May 18, 2004, 08:08:56 pm

That coupon up top expired here is a new one for first time buyers, I just picked this thing up for 20.59 including shipping !!

Thanks folks

Use coupon code 415001. New customer only

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Zazz on May 18, 2004, 09:11:00 pm

I am amazed it is still in stock. This means the information has not yet leaked from this board. Let\'s keep it that way so that more Zauren get cheap wifi...

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: ScottYelich on May 19, 2004, 03:58:20 pm

ok, just ordered... only 1, though... yes, coupon still worked.

Scott

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: AURuss on May 20, 2004, 11:37:43 pm

Will this work with a 5600 right out of the box?

Russ

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: MoOsEb0y on May 21, 2004, 03:26:18 am

I just ordered one for myself $20.59 is the grand total. Thanks guys!

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: jestill on May 25, 2004, 04:13:41 pm

Thanks for the tip. I just got mine today. It worked on my 5600 right out of the box.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: albertr on May 26, 2004, 12:27:08 am

Good card, uses prism 2.5 chipset. You probably want to upgrade the firmware and use hostapi driver with it.
-albertr

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: ScottYelich on May 26, 2004, 10:23:09 am

received mine... pulled my dlink 660w, plugged in the pretec... and was back online in 2 or 3 seconds.

Scott

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: zaurusbs on June 07, 2004, 08:52:37 am

incredible find! just bought one. thanks! and coupon code 415001 still works.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: musashi on June 07, 2004, 11:29:49 pm

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! coupon still works. Amazing!

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: RichS on June 09, 2004, 08:41:04 am

Thank you from me too! ;-)  Why didn\'t I see this _before_ I bought the Linksys?....

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: MoOsEb0y on June 09, 2004, 03:07:49 pm

the card is pretty good. I already had two, so I gave it to a friend. (He just got his Z recently).

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: markw on June 16, 2004, 07:11:22 pm

Thank you! The cupon (415001) still works.


Cable Internet anyware in my house.     :wink:

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: sylvius on July 25, 2004, 09:59:27 am

This card is still there and the price is still great. However, the coupon doesn't work anymore. Don't despair though! I spent about 3 minutes googling for HSN coupon and found the same thing with a different number that still worked.

I got the card a couple of days ago. It works great, though it sticks out kind of far.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Luke-Jr2 on August 08, 2004, 05:29:22 pm

That coupon code is expired also now... Anyone know a newer one?

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Luke-Jr2 on August 09, 2004, 02:39:27 pm

554381

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: bigj on August 09, 2004, 05:28:09 pm

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554381

I love you long time....Thanks for posting that coupon. Just ordered mine for $20.59 shipped. Darn Netgear card died on me.

bigj

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: the_oak on August 09, 2004, 10:49:34 pm

   Just ordered one. coupon still works!!

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: kbranch on September 27, 2004, 07:02:07 pm

If anybody's interested, the new code should be 171520.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Olad on November 18, 2004, 10:18:19 pm

I don't understand all that about power usage - does that mean that this card is a power hog? Thanks.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: DaveAnderson on November 19, 2004, 09:48:37 am

I don't like this card at all; it is very cheap in terms of quality.  Mine worked for a few months and then stopped working.  I sent it back to Pretec and they told me it still worked.  They did agree to send me a replacement card, however.  It's actually due in today.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: stupkid on November 19, 2004, 10:28:40 am

Interesting, I have had the exact opposite experience.  If you want to see a cheap card look at the Linksys WCF12.  I was unable to keep a decent signal after 30 minutes with the WCF12, but with the Pretec I have been connected for many hours without a problem.  YMMV

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Snappy on November 28, 2004, 09:26:45 am

Hi,

(Please dun flame or laugh)    Does the Pretec work with NEC MobilePro 790? It uses the MIPS chipset and runs Wince 3.0.

Thanks!

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: selfabuse on December 07, 2004, 02:51:33 pm

My Pretec card just showed up yesterday. Put it in the Z, and it absolutley won't connect to anything. I've tried my AP at home, and 3 seperate ones at my office. I took the thing out and put it in a laptop - same deal. Grabbed a coworkers zaurus (running OZ3.2) and it works just fine there. <sigh>

Anyone know where you can get OZ3.2? The openzaurus site only seems to have the more current versions, which I couldn't get this to work under.

thanks!
-r

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: stupkid on December 07, 2004, 03:14:29 pm

What ROM are you running?  Mine worked fine with Cacko out of the box.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: selfabuse on December 08, 2004, 08:08:33 am

I tried it under sharp 3.1, Kompany rom 1.0, and the most recent OZ. I even plugged it in to the PCMCIA adapter it came with, and put it in an XP laptop, and it wouldn't connect there either. I would just say it was defective and return it, but it works 100% on my coworkers OZ3.2. Go figure.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: selfabuse on December 08, 2004, 08:27:15 am

Oh, and I also made sure it wasn't my Z being busted, because I grabbed another coworkers linksys wireless CF card, and it worked just fine everywhere.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Howitzer on December 13, 2004, 04:14:25 pm

Is there another discount code on this one?

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: SharpEnd on December 29, 2004, 01:39:42 am

Just grabbed one of these cards, for $20.xx
New coupon code for new customers: 309021

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Olad on December 29, 2004, 02:48:04 pm

309021 is valid until January 31, 2005. After that (valid until February 31, 2005) the code will be 111504.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: lareya on December 30, 2004, 01:23:48 am

Woohoo! Just picked up one of these buggers! It works

Lareya

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Howitzer on December 30, 2004, 01:43:00 am

Doh...!  I got mine between the coupon codes... .grrr.....

They work on my Sharp 3.10 ROMS.  I've installed Wellenreiter II, following the instructions in the Wiki.  However, when it comes time to Configure it doesn't find /dev/eth0.  I notice that one of the links in the Wiki is broken (the one that is supposed to help you in the configure portion) so I can't seem to get the last part taken care of.  Every time I start the sniffer it says "Card isn't configured".  I added the Pretec to the wlan-ng.conf file as described for "unknown" CF cards in the Wiki, but no love there.  I'd like to use WRII as it installs to SD without complaining about needing to be in main memory.  

As long as I'm whining.... any good pointers on firewalling the Z while I'm out in the wooly WIFI lands?  I'm not convinced the IPSEC/Freeswan stuff is what I need as I'm not planning on doing any VPN at the moment.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: mike151 on January 04, 2005, 01:17:35 am

My Netgear card broke last week after 1.5 years of use.
I just got a new Pretec, I hope these 20 bucks will also last at least 1.5 years :-)

Thanks for the coupon!!!!

Mike

PS: Does anyone have this card working with pdaXrom RC8 ?

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: dino on January 19, 2005, 09:33:17 am

I just got mine for around $23 total using the last coupon number mentioned.  I'm running OZ 3.5.2 and so far it works great!

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Cresho on January 26, 2005, 12:27:37 pm

I just ordered mines for 22.05

used the last coupon mentioned.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: rolf on March 23, 2005, 06:35:35 pm

Seems like there are new coupons available.  And the item is also still in stock.  New coupons are for new customers only (but what keeps you from opening a new account   ).  Enjoy.

Code # 430105 ------- $15 off $20 purchase, exp April 30, 2005 (NEW CUSTOMERS ONLY)
Code # 531105 ------- $15 off $20 purchase, exp May 31, 2005 (NEW CUSTOMERS ONLY)

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: kurochka on April 03, 2005, 10:06:15 am

Thanks.  I received mine.  It works with c3000.  

[However, my old lower power Socket doesn't ]  EDIT: I have followed instructions on this website and now Socket is back in action!

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Hrw on April 04, 2005, 08:33:00 am

Maybe someone will send few of them to Europe?

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: CuCullin on April 15, 2005, 04:33:24 pm

Nice! I've been lookin for a cheap wifi card, with my old d-link being dead, and my ma701 mia.  Thanks

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Flandry on April 15, 2005, 04:50:34 pm

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Nice! I've been lookin for a cheap wifi card, with my old d-link being dead, and my ma701 mia.  Thanks
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Wow, i found this thread just in time! My Dlink 660W died after a few months of usage (there was a bad connection somewhere- i popped off the cover and by moving the antenna bit i could connect, but it was hard to keep it connected), and i was shocked to see how much new CF wireless cards are (got this one with my Z).  So this is a pleasant surprise!

As of my purchase, there is only one left in stock...

$20.59.  Sweet.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Luke-Jr2 on April 16, 2005, 08:21:45 pm

HSN's out of stock for this now, but just in case, here's a code for between 2/15/2005 and 5/31/2005: "To save $15, refer to coupon code #531105"

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: PrOtOn on May 06, 2005, 12:18:31 am

Hmm it seems that HSN can't find this item anymore.

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: albertr on May 10, 2005, 09:01:28 pm

I have one for sale if anyone is interested. Please see my post in "For Sale / Wanted" forum. It's lightly used (maybe for a week or so), but works great. I've updated its firmware to primary=1.1.1 and station=1.7.4 too.
-albertr

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: benplaut on June 13, 2005, 11:52:51 pm

out of stock

darn!

Title: pretec wifi cf <$21 shipped
Post by: Luke-Jr2 on June 16, 2005, 04:47:08 pm

In case they get em again, here's a new code: 552011