Sandisk Connect Plus Wi-fi + 128mb

[dvdrw]

I just bought a couple of sandisk connect plus wifi+128MB flash cards ($20US, good deal!).  do these work with the latest RC of pdaXrom?

I did some searching, and it seems that some of the other Z ROMs support the card (through hostap).  does the latest RC include the latest hostap drivers or do I have to build a newer version?  or is there something available for download?

any insight is greatly appreciated!!

[pgas]

don't know if it works.

I think the latest hostap compiled for pdaxrom are these ones:

https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=9319&hl=

(http://www.unpleasant.net/chris/zaurus/pdaxrom/rc5/)

[dvdrw]

appreciate the pointer - this is helpful in providing some context.  those drivers are 0.2.4, and apparently this card requires 0.3.2 or greater, so those most likely won't work.

laze, it would be great if the next RC of pdaXrom could include newer hostap drivers (hint, hint   )

I ran across this page which may be helpful: http://www.dsitri.de/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=148, and http://www.bentzon.net/acb/sandisk.html contains some instructions and pointers to 0.3.7 hostap drivers for OZ, looks like I'll have to start from there for pdaXrom.

thanks again for the pointer!

[tombraider]

I just bought a couple of sandisk connect plus wifi+128MB flash cards ($20US, good deal!).  do these work with the latest RC of pdaXrom?

Bet you got those Sandisk Connect Plus cards on Woot like I did,  right?? ;-)

It looks like only the Open Zaurus ROM supports this card at the moment...correct me if I'm wrong.

Tombraider

[dvdrw]

Bet you got those Sandisk Connect Plus cards on Woot like I did,  right?? ;-)

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yes, I got them from Woot    should be receiving them this week !

I do have the very latest hostap 0.3.7 drivers (including Connect Plus support) working under pdaXrom now with some older Prism-based CF wi-fi cards I have.  I'm crossing my fingers I'll be able to get the IDE interface working with wi-fi using these drivers - hope there aren't some caveats with the kernel.  I'll let you know if I have any luck getting them working completely..!

[hbo]

Bet you got those Sandisk Connect Plus cards on Woot like I did,  right?? ;-)

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I didn't know about them until I saw your post. I like their [a href=\"http://www.woot.com/wootinfo.aspx]attitude.[/url]

Thanks!

[dvdrw]

played with this some late last night.  I now have the Connect Plus working in pdaXrom at the same level as on OZ 3.5.3 - you can run wifi or IDE, but not both at the same time.  it looks like some arbitration is needed in the drivers when running both in parallel.  will continue to dig if/when time permits - it would be great to enable the flash at the same time.

FWIW, I built the 0.3.7 hostap drivers and utils against the latest pdaXrom kernel.  I bring up wifi in /etc/hotplug/net.agent (added a new case for wlan0) by downloading the primary and secondary firmware to the card via the prism2_srec util.  it seems that these cards need rev "M" Prism firmware, for which there appears to be no flash-based version available...so I'm using the Prism 1.8.3 f/w for now.

[cody]

could you please post the required driver and firmware, then i can make a package out them for everyone!

thanks!

   -cody

[omega]

So it is possible to use the wifi of this card under pdaxrom??  Does it act as a flash card in a memory card reader?

[benplaut]

i was going to get that one of those... such a deal!

but they don't ship to Hawaii

[tombraider]

played with this some late last night.  I now have the Connect Plus working in pdaXrom at the same level as on OZ 3.5.3 - you can run wifi or IDE, but not both at the same time.  it looks like some arbitration is needed in the drivers when running both in parallel.  will continue to dig if/when time permits - it would be great to enable the flash at the same time.

FWIW, I built the 0.3.7 hostap drivers and utils against the latest pdaXrom kernel.  I bring up wifi in /etc/hotplug/net.agent (added a new case for wlan0) by downloading the primary and secondary firmware to the card via the prism2_srec util.  it seems that these cards need rev "M" Prism firmware, for which there appears to be no flash-based version available...so I'm using the Prism 1.8.3 f/w for now.
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dvdrw:
You seem so knowledgeable...could you develop some drivers for the Sharp 3.13 ROM for this card?  Or is there someone out there who could?  Please, pretty please.

Thanks in advance.
 

[donquixote]

I just ordered this card at my nearest computer store. It should be arriving any day now. But I haven't bought it yet and I have no obligation to buy. Please advise whether I should buy it or not. I'm using RC10 if that helps. Thanks.

dq

[dvdrw]

could you please post the required driver and firmware, then i can make a package out them for everyone!

sure, I'll post the hostap drivers and utils along with an example bring-up script as soon as I get some free time.

there are some caveats w/wifi - as the card doesn't contain firmware, you need to load the firmware into the card's RAM immediately following any card power on event, prior to any network configuration or ifconfig.  this is fairly straightforward (e.g., use scripts in /etc/pcmcia/, such as wireless or network, or /etc/hotplug/net.agent), but you'll likely want to add a check for specific card type so that you don't go trying to download the prism f/w to some other type of network card...

[dvdrw]

You seem so knowledgeable...could you develop some drivers for the Sharp 3.13 ROM for this card?  Or is there someone out there who could?  Please, pretty please.
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unfortunately I actually have no idea re: the Sharp 3.13 ROM, I've never used it...  I replaced the default ROM in my 750s with the old cacko ROMs right after I got the devices way back, and have only played with pdaXrom since cacko.  but perhaps someone else here has an idea if the Sharp ROM would support this?

[dvdrw]

So it is possible to use the wifi of this card under pdaxrom??  Does it act as a flash card in a memory card reader?
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wifi does work fine, but it requires some work/hacking (see elsewhere in this thread)

the flash works fine in the device as well when enabled separately (wi-fi disabled).  XP also recognizes the flash portion fine in a PCMCIA CF card reader, I haven't tried a USB card reader with it