Re: [NTLK] New Wireless Card?

From: Laurent Daudelin (laurent_daudelin_at_fanniemae.com)
Date: Fri Apr 11 2003 - 14:02:43 PDT


On 11/04/03 16:00, "George Bingham" <george.bingham_at_newted.net> wrote:

> Hello again everyone,
>
> I found a wireless 802.11b PCMCIA lan card at a store here for $35. It is a by
> a name I had never heard of nor remember now. I am tempted to buy it. I
> explained to the clerck that I wasnt sure it would work in my Newton (2100),
> and he offe.red to open the pkg and let me try it.
>
> So, can someone advise Me What I need to have already on my Newton to be able
> to do an in-store check of the Card?
>
> I currently have a 3 Com wired ethernet card that's setup properly, so I've
> got N I E setup OK. I also downloaded and installed Hiroshi's wave lan V 1.08
> a driver, which I'm thinking I'll need because it's a 3.3 v card.
>
> Anything else? Should I really try this with a no-name, 3.3 v card?
>
> Any recommendations welcome!
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
> George

Make sure that you create an internet setup for it and then a worksite using
that internet setup. I don't know if Hiroshi did fix the problem, but it
used to be that if you would pick the internet setup from any worksite, the
settings for the card wouldn't stick.

-Laurent.

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