WIFI CF Card Review?

[Foxdie]

Heya all,

Does anyone know of a review of CF WIFI (Compact Flash Wireless Network cards) reviews specifically for Linux / Zaurus devices?

I\'m in the market for a good low-profile but good range CF WIFI card for my C760 and I\'d like to see a comparison review of all cards that will work for the Zaurus to determine which one\'s worthy of my pennies

[Mickeyl]

The Socket/Symbol is great. Low profile, low power, good range, nice monitor mode drivers.

[tawalker]

FWIW, I decided on the Buffalo WiFi CF card, as I\'d heard it worked well, it\'s not particularly large, and it was one of the less expensive cards I found.

The Buffalo seems to perform well, though I haven\'t compared it to any others. I would recommend this card, with at least one caveat: if you can, check the model number before you buy. There are at least two Buffalo WiFi CF cards out there; the WLI2-CF-S11 (which I bought) and the WLI2-CF-S11G (which seems to be more widely available). They both work fine with the Z, but to get the WLI2-CF-S11 working you need to edit the /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf file, to add the card\'s details.

Hope this helps - I\'ve been satisfied with the Buffalo card, but others\' mileage may vary.

Tim

[allyrfriends]

The card available from shirtpocket and computer-component.com is the cheapest I\'ve seen in the UK and it works well. I don\'t have another WIFI compact flash card to compare it to but the range seems to be about the same as for my Powerbook with a Buffalo PC card – both work throughout my house and down as far as my (small) garden reaches. It\'s also smaller than most other cards I\'ve seen and plain enough to be unobtrusive if not exactly attractive.

[tawalker]

32 pounds??!? And to think I coughed up nearly 45 for the Buffalo...

Ah well - you live and learn!

Tim

[allyrfriends]

32 pounds??!? And to think I coughed up nearly 45 for the Buffalo...

Ah well - you live and learn!

Tim

Awww. :) I bet the Buffalo card is good though!

[pedro-escobar]

Yeah, that\'s the famous Origo cf wifi card. It\'s a Senao clon an OZ know! And works very well (i\'ve one smc 2642W but i prefer that Origo :-))

Pedro

[kaos42_ze]

What about the D-Link 650W


and the 660W

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comparing those two .... anyone have any blurbs on them ?" alt="" class="bbc_img" />

[allyrfriends]

The 650, I think, has an external aerial socket in the casing but that casing is HUGE.

[mk500]

Yeah, I love my Socket/Symbol. I\'m actually using the smaller battery (like 750 comes with) on my 760 with the Socket card. I can browse for several hours without problems, and range is as good as my laptop. It\'s really amazing.

The 760 fits better in my shirt pocket with the thin battery. Now if only someone would make a wifi card that didn\'t have quite such a large antenna (Socket sticks out about .75\"...no worse than the others, and much thinner). What would be cool is an external antenna that is like a flat sticker so you could just stick it to the back of the Zaurus :-)

The Socket/Symbol is great. Low profile, low power, good range, nice monitor mode drivers.

[offroadgeek]

The 650, I think, has an external aerial socket in the casing but that casing is HUGE.

I have both the 650 and the 660, and I\'ve never seen any external connectors on the 650.  

The 650 is indeed HUGE!  It blocked both the headphone jack and the stylus on my 5500, which is why I upgraded to the 660.

Many people have reported that the dlink (both 650 & 660) suck a lot of power, but I haven\'t really noticed much difference with the 660 and my ambicom card.

I would definitely buy a dlink 660 again.  Though I\'ve just recently bought an ambicom and netgear card... so I don\'t think I need any more for a while!

[allyrfriends]

You have to pry the casing open to get at the connector. Actually, a thread elsewhere on this board links to a site with a picture of it. I\'m sure I\'ve seen instructions somewhere too but I can\'t find them now...

[Izydorr]

Is this what You mean by socket/symbol card?
http://allegro.pl/show_item.php?item=18665532

Will this one work good with my SL5500?

[Mickeyl]

Is this what You mean by socket/symbol card?
http://allegro.pl/show_item.php?item=18665532
Will this one work good with my SL5500?

Yes, that\'s what I mean. Works pretty good on SharpROM 2.38 and OpenZaurus 3.x - no idea about newer SharpROMs though.

[outlaw]

I\'m using Sandisk Connect (http://www.sandisk.com/retail_connect.html) with my Zaurus 5500.
It is cheap (I bought it in Poland), works great both in my house and work (with special wall construction to prevent signal to go out from the building and, no, I\'m not working for gov. ).
It is good for battery - much better than Dlink but I found somewhere info that Symbol is the best choice if you want to work long without ext. power source. card is in one package with CF PC Card adapter - it was important for me, I\'m working mostly on laptop (and Zaurus of course:-)).
Works great with Sharp rom (2.38, 3.13) and OpenZaurus 3.3.5.
Now you can find in my town (Lodz) also Sandisk Connect Plus with both WiFi and 128MB memory in one card.
Links:
Connect+ review:
http://www.bostonpocketpc.com/modules.php?...wcontent&id=141

http://www.dpreview.com/news/0301/03010906...sandiskwifi.asp

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outlaw

Sharp Zaurus 5500 + stylus from Wacom Graphire :-)
CF 128MB Kingston
SD 128 MB Pretec
WiFi CF Sandisk Connect