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Everything Else => General Support and Discussion => Zaurus General Forums => Archived Forums => Security and Networking => Topic started by: omega on December 30, 2004, 04:09:15 pm
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Hi all,
I've been wondering recently about wirelessly connecting my Zaurus to other computers, particularly my machine at home...
The obvious choice is to get a 802.11b CF card, however this doesn't suit me for a number of reasons - but mainly the fact that my main storage is a 1gig CF card... Also there's the battery life issue, and the need for a wireless card for my pc... which adds up to a bit of money.
If I was living at my parents home place, that would be a different story as I would have wireless everything around the house. In the place i'm living in currently with my girlfriend, I spend most of my time in two rooms...
Thus, i've been thinking about setting up maybe 2 / 3 usb-IRDA headers around the place (they sell quite cheap on ebay), with the added benefit of being able to keep both my slots full... and not drain the battery madly.
Question, does the IRDA on the zaurus support high speed (i.e. greater than 115200?)... I'm aware the range wouldn't be exactly great, but i don't feel that poses a significant hurdle for this scenario...
How easy would it be to setup a tcp/ip stack over this link? Any ideas or other suggestions would be very welcome... Only it would probably be a bit too slow I could see a pic (microcontroller), serial port to IRDA bridge (using a few high intensity emitters to extend range).
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You should be able to do PPP over your IRDA connection.
I think you would be better off with bluetooth or 802.11b
With IRDA getting things lined up is always a pain, and I normally have my IR window covered with my hand the way I hold my 5500.( This may not be true with your Zaurus)