[ale] New Geek Toy!

[Russell Hogg]

There are various companies that make palm/CE - based 802.11 devices. SYMBOL
comes to mind of the top of my head.  Those products tend to be designed for
professional(read work) use as opposed to consumer use though.

SYMBOL is actually a barcode company so all their devices have barcode
technology integrated as well.

I do know for a fact the Jornada PocketPC/CE devices will work with 802.11
cards because a former employer's software worked precisely that way. I'd be
surprised if the iPaq didn't.

Russ

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-----Original Message-----
From: Fulton Green [mailto:ale at FultonGreen.com] 
To: ale at ale.org
Sent: Wednesday, December 12, 2001 3:29 PM
To: tewkewl at mindspring.com
Cc: Danny Cox; ALE Mailing List
Subject: Re: [ale] New Geek Toy!

This sounds like loads of fun. Any recommendations for a tablet-style
device, like one that Transmeta was making for AOL before it got scrapped? 
Has anyone tried this with the iPAQ handheld or some other small device that
takes PC Cards? And is there a way for a Palm or HandSpring to connect to
the
base station? Or is it just a matter of finding an 802.11b sol'n for it?

Thanks!
On Wed, Dec 12, 2001 at 03:17:30PM -0500, tewkewl at mindspring.com wrote:
> You have to configure encryption though snmp?  You mean using the private
strings?  Why not just browse to it?
> 
> I've been using linksys for a while now and configuring the base station
was a snap.  Just browsed to it and played with all the goodies it had to
offer.  (including 128bit encryption) (not that that will stop squat, but
hey, leaving it in the air as plain text is just silly!  :)
> 
> -Patrick
> 
> Danny Cox <danscox at mindspring.com> wrote:
> > All,
> 
> 	I just purchased a Linksys wireless card ($79) and their access
point
> ($149) from buy.com.  Although the driver complains that it doesn't
> recognize the card, it works great!
> 
> 	My only complaint is that I must configure the encryption via SNMP
on
> the access point, and that's a pain.
> 
> 	Nevertheless, I can wander all over the house, upstairs, and in the
> basement, and surf all I wish.
> 
> 	Note: this is not recommended in bed!

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