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jonnylbluejeans · 02-19-03, 04:53 PM

After a little bit of fooling around, I have my Wifi Card working.

I had some troubles with WEP at first. For some reason, if I used WEP 128bit, I could not make any DNS requests. I could only talk by IP address. (I have other Wifi devices on my network, and I am sure that I had set it up correctly.) After disabling WEP, all was well.

It autodetects the WiFi speed, and performs well. I am, however, less than impressed with the form factor. There is a good deal of space between the top of the Axim and the bottom of the extended part of the card. (I will submit pics later) It doesn't look "sturdy" at all.

One more thing... get the vxUtils from the download section. (Follow the link to their homepage and check the WinCe section) There is an ipConfig tool there to release and renew DHCP leases. (I needed that a few times.)

Overall, I am happy with how it works, but if I were you, I'd do some investigating to find the card that fits the best.

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jonnylbluejeans Aximsite Rookie Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 34 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Netgear MA701 Short Review After a little bit of fooling around, I have my Wifi Card working. I had some troubles with WEP at first. For some reason, if I used WEP 128bit, I could not make any DNS requests. I could only talk by IP address. (I have other Wifi devices on my network, and I am sure that I had set it up correctly.) After disabling WEP, all was well. It autodetects the WiFi speed, and performs well. I am, however, less than impressed with the form factor. There is a good deal of space between the top of the Axim and the bottom of the extended part of the card. (I will submit pics later) It doesn't look "sturdy" at all. One more thing... get the vxUtils from the download section. (Follow the link to their homepage and check the WinCe section) There is an ipConfig tool there to release and renew DHCP leases. (I needed that a few times.) Overall, I am happy with how it works, but if I were you, I'd do some investigating to find the card that fits the best.