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Accessories / Best WiFi Card for 5600

« on: October 27, 2004, 12:13:13 am »

Went to J&R and bought a Linksys card which works great. So the problem might not be inherent in the Sharp, but in the combination with the Sandisk. Thanks for advice - Alan

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Accessories / Best WiFi Card for 5600

« on: October 25, 2004, 03:53:40 pm »

Apologies for writing here - I sent first to network/security. I use a 5600 and need a CF WiFi card that will work. The Sandisk - which has been covered here - works for a few seconds and then produces an error "The signal level is low" - and both wireless and OS stop working. I can get the 5600 working if I take the card out. The card works perfectly on my 5500. I gather the problem is with Sharp. I've modified the wlan-ng.conf etc.

Can anyone recommend a relatively easy-to-install wireless card that's reliable? This is driving me crazy.

I'm using the usual Sharp OS by the way and would rather keep the original config as I'm using all the apps.

Thanks -

Alan Sondheim, sondheimWHYNOTATATpanix.com

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Security and Networking / 5600 WiFi signal level low

« on: October 23, 2004, 04:47:26 pm »

Hi and thanks.  I did do a general search but came up with nothing. Is the problem only with Sandisk or CF cards? Is there any way around it? I can't believe people aren't using the 5600 for WiFii - it seriously weakens the product.

Thanks again, Alan

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Security and Networking / 5600 WiFi signal level low

« on: October 22, 2004, 10:52:27 pm »

I recently upgraded to a 5600 and have a Sandisk Wireless card. Whenever I use it, within 5-35 seconds, I get a message "The signal level is low" and the unit basically stops functioning. Wireless stops altogether and the rest runs so slow as to need a reboot. I noticed on some forums this was noted as a flaw, possibly in the hardware or kernel. Does anyone know any workarounds for this? I've tried everything (with my limited knowledge of linux) including updating the /etc/wlan-ng.conf file etc. The Sandisk is the CF card without the additional memory; it's 802.11b.

I did call Sharp and they said they had never heard of the problem, and for a routine exam it would cost $60 including shipping. I have very little $$ and am trying to avoid this.

The 5600 has the usual 1.5.4 Qtopia,kernel 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix and ROM 1.32.
Embedix is 20. There 128 meg additional SD.

Thanks for any help. - this has been driving me crazy.

Alan Sondheim, sondheimAATTpanix.com
www.asondheim.org