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porkboy

Anyonehad any luck getting a netbook to work with a Cisco wirless card, as so far I have failed. I understood it to be one of the cards that will work with a propoer netbook, but so far, nothing.

I have a secure network, using WEP. Is this the reason, why it wont work??

Also will the Dell wireless card work better Confused

Any help would be appreciated Very Happy

Richard · Posted: Sun May 14, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject:

Hi Porkboy,

AFAIK the Cisco card has support for WEP. So I guess you'll have to search for an other card, like Dell Truemobile, Compaq WL110, Orinoco or Buffalo Airstation. But always watch closely; only normal PCMCIA cards can work with netBook. NO Cardbus!!!

Richard van Stappershoef

PS I still have some Compaq WL110 and Orinoco Gold for sale....

porkboy

Whats going on, have even gone out and bought a Dell truemobile 1150 wirless card. This does not work either.

I wish someone could guide me to the problem areas, as there is sooo many websites saying how easy it is to get a netbook on the net!! Evil or Very Mad

And yet here I am with 2 wireless cards that are useless to me or my netbook. Is it soo hard.

Some advice from anyone, would be greatly appreciated, otherwise, the netbook will be replaced with a mobilepro, which at least works on wirless with far less hassle than this Question

MartinG · Posted: Sat May 20, 2006 11:30 pm Post subject:

The first link in my own articles on the subject is probably the one that's of most use to you: http://www.epocfaq.co.uk/faqNetworks.htm

EPOCFaq lists cards that are known to work and in fact says that the Dell Truemobile 1150 works.

What makes you think that the card is not working in the netBook? If you're expecting to just plug the card into the nB and see it light up then you misunderstand how it works - the card is only activated once the nB tries to use it (i.e. is told to connect).

Cheers,
Martin

lohtse · Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 38

Hi Richard

you mentioned you have some cards for sale.Drop me an email with details.. Porkboy I use a avaya world gold card found on ebay for £10 works a treat but alittle bulky.

regards
Andrew

lohtse · Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 38

Also an idea for those visiting the forum. Why don't we ALL make a list here in the forum indicating which wired an wireless cards they use and and give basic setup info?? It would be help full to everyone interested in this subject and help limit the numerous request for help too..

just an Idea..

Regards
Andrew

porkboy · Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 8:39 am Post subject:

Martin,

Thanks for your response. I have followed the details on the suggested site for the Dell TrueMobile.

When plugged in, I setup the network settings from my wireless access point. The device is listed as a lucent WaveLAN/Orinoco Card.

When I open the opera browser, it will ask me which connection to use, and select the settting I have made, and I get a brief flicker of the status LED on the card, and the psion shows an error message saying "network error" No more lights work on the card at all.

Even went back to fiddle with the settings, and also removed the WEP security settings on my access point to see if that helps, but I always get the same message.

Any pointers, would be greatly received. Very Happy

For info., this is a proper netbook, and the box staes it was built in October 2000. I have 2 wirless cards, TrueMobile 1150 and the Cisco Aironet 340, which I now know does not support WEP settings. So that one is going on ebay next week Smile

porkboy · Posted: Sun May 21, 2006 8:41 am Post subject:

Andrew,

Just on your last post, what settings have you got on your netbook with your card.

Might gives me some pointers.

Cheers, Craig
Very Happy

lohtse · Joined: 29 Jul 2005 Posts: 38

Hi Porkboy

My Wireless set up is as follows hope it helps.

Avaya wireless World Card Silver(not gold as mentioned)

control panel settings are:
Service tab:
Name: what ever you wish here
Configuration methond: DHCP
Hostname: again what ever you wish
Device:Lucent Wavela/Orinoco Card

Device options button:
BasicTab:
WaveLan network name:what ever your network is called
peer to peer mode: unticked
Advanced Tab: I left set to defaulf settings
Powermanagement Tab: Left to default settinges
Encryption tab:
Enable encryption: ticked (I use WEP encrytion for safety)
Key 1:this is my networks wep key

All the other tabs on main panel eg addresses, routing etc are left to default or are not accessable...

That

scorpio · Joined: 14 Jul 2005 Posts: 18 Location: London

Porkboy, I use a Buffalo Airstation WLI-PCM-L11GP and it works really well with my converted netbook - it seems to be the most recommended card on the net. I bought one after trying several cards with varying levels of success.

My settings are:
Name: WiFi
Configuration Method: DHCP
Device: Lucent WaveLAN/Orinoco Card

WaveLAN network name: blank
Peer to peer mode: unchecked
AP Density: low
Transmit rate 11.0 Mbps
Fixed: unchecked
Medium reservation: unchecked
Card power management: checked
Receive all multicasts: unchecked
Maximum sleep duration: 65535ms
Encryption: none

IEEE 802.3 encapsulation: unchecked
ARP cache timeout: 1800ms

Several things (sorry if these are obvious and you've checked them already)

Make sure that the card is a PCMCIA card and not a CardBus card. Cardbus have a gold strip by the connectors.

Also, what does NetStatRF show when you're trying to connect?

Good luck

Chaz

porkboy · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 8:05 pm Post subject:

Thanks so much for all the advice and settings. It seems that the netbook is still not recognising the wireless card. Maybe the netbook is faulty Confused

I will just have to look for a buffalo card and try it again then, so frustrating, never has this much trouble with the Jornada 720. Why is it so difficult with a netbook?

Never mind, the last resort will be to totally reinstall the netbook from the beginning.

Also NetStatRF, does not show any life when using this card, just says its not present Evil or Very Mad

porkboy · Posted: Mon May 22, 2006 8:47 pm Post subject:

Here is something ironic, was looking through the forums on this site, and managed to spot a topic in articles, and came across one called:

netbook (64mb) on broadband wifi, and kees put his settings on the article, I tried them with my dell truemobile 1150, and I am writing this now, on my netbook. Totally chuffed, and a huge thanks for all the help and responses on this one.

Just glad to be part of the wireless psion community. Netbooks forever Very Happy

Kees vd Straten · Joined: 13 Jul 2005 Posts: 211 Location: The Netherlands