Proxim Harmony Wireless CF

[Anonymous]

Hello, I know that it is discontinued, but has anyone had any luck using a PROXIM  HARMONY WIRELESS 802.11B COMPACT FLASH card?

[ran]

Hello, I know that it is discontinued

So?  I couldn\'t most of the toys I own if I bought them new  ;-)

Try the compatibility list at www.knightfire.com.  If that doesn\'t list it,  try a google search to find out which chipset it uses.  I know some of the early Proxim wireless gear (which was not 802.11b) used chips that aren\'t supported,  but I don\'t know about their more recent offerings.  There\'s good support for cards based on the Prism chipset.  I\'m not sure about the others:  not enough hours in the day to keep up with all of them.  As with anything Linux-related,  pay careful attention to the dates on any comments you read:  if they\'re more than a year old (especially if they\'re along the lines of \"It works,  but not well\"),  the odds are good that things have changed since then.

[mp2100zaurus]

There are two different Proxim Harmony cards.  There\'s the Harmony 802.11b card (newer), and theres the Harmony HRF (home rf) card which is not compatible with 802.11b.  I just thought I\'d mention it.

The 5500 with ROM 2.x had a driver for the HRF card.  I had trouble getting it to work.  It may have been my fault though, I had a Proxim Symphony base station, which was supposed to be compatible, but I got intermittent connections.

[undrwater]

I\'m using the Harmony 802.11b card, and it works extremely well....with one caveat: the antenna covers the stylus silo and sound jack.  I have 2 other wifi cards that kind of work...but not always.  The Harmony always works.  I typically leave it on my nightstand, which is farther away from the AP than other areas in the house.