Author Topic: Recommend A Cacko Friendly Wireless Card (Read 3062 times)

DaveAnderson · « **on:** January 08, 2005, 09:29:43 am »

I need a new wireless card. My Pretec wasn't working under 1.21b or 1.22. It did work in pdaXrom but only have a lot of fiddling. Can someone tell me a card they are using under 1.22 w/little to no problems?

maslovsky · « **Reply #1 on:** January 08, 2005, 10:22:46 am »

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I need a new wireless card. My Pretec wasn't working under 1.21b or 1.22. It did work in pdaXrom but only have a lot of fiddling. Can someone tell me a card they are using under 1.22 w/little to no problems?

There are many users here, who own Pretec WiFI card (including me) and it works. So I suspect that buying a different WiFi card woun't help too much.

If you could be more specific in what kind of problems you have, we could try to help.

DaveAnderson · « **Reply #2 on:** January 08, 2005, 07:21:15 pm »

I was specific in the Cacko 1.22 thread, but no one responded.

I tried all suggestions in the 1.22 thread. When I set it for DHCP, it never connects (manual or auto). When I manually set the IP, it connects (which I assume is a given for manual), but I cannot even ping my router.

stupkid · « **Reply #3 on:** January 10, 2005, 11:09:07 am »

Have you tried changing the DHCP_TIMEOUT value to 60 in /etc/pcmcia/network.opts? I've noticed that the Pretec cards are often slow to connect. Oh, and if this does work the Network app will write back DHCP_TIMEOUT=30 every time you do a change and I know of no way to change that behaviour.

Hope this helps.

P.S.
Not that it helps, but my Pretec card recently died on me. Good thing it is still under warranty.

maslovsky · « **Reply #4 on:** January 10, 2005, 11:51:45 am »

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Oh, and if this does work the Network app will write back DHCP_TIMEOUT=30 every time you do a change and I know of no way to change that behaviour.

You need to modify the same entry /home/zaurus/Applications/Network/WLANX.conf file, so that Network app will pick it up.

maslovsky · « **Reply #5 on:** January 10, 2005, 12:00:20 pm »

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I was specific in the Cacko 1.22 thread, but no one responded.

I tried all suggestions in the 1.22 thread. When I set it for DHCP, it never connects (manual or auto). When I manually set the IP, it connects (which I assume is a given for manual), but I cannot even ping my router.

This card may be incompatible with your DHCP server. Can you try another card before bying it and let us know if it works?

DaveAnderson · « **Reply #6 on:** January 12, 2005, 05:09:03 pm »

I'm happy to report I got this working at my job. I tried DHCP again and it worked at my job. Don't know why I couldn't get static to work.

At home I cannot get it to work via DHCP or static, but at home I just assume use my computer or laptop, so it's not a huge deal. I do have another router that my DSL provider sent me, so maybe I'll give that at try. But I mainly wanted it for my job so I can surf while at lunch.

Thanks and sorry to be such a pain.

DaveAnderson · « **Reply #7 on:** January 19, 2005, 01:32:08 pm »

Just a final update.

Works at my job no problem.

Works at home with new router, but with a few issues. If I fire up and try to connect with my SSID, it doesn't connect on the first try. If I uncheck the option to manually enter SSID, it will sometimes connect. If it doesn't, I can sometimes RECHECK it (this must be done), reenter SSID, and then it connects. It's like it has to be reinitialized or something. Weird.

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