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twright71 · 08-05-04, 10:38 PM

What a trip. I went to West Tx for vacation. On the internet the Best Western I found said it had Dataports for internet access. Nope. Only a phone connection and nearest ISP was in another county. So I went to the College Library in the town and they don't have access to allow me to update my Axim wired/wireless. So I go 26 miles to another town and use the local library and they have a table set up for laptops to connect to the internet. Very Small Town.
I was able to use the 10/100 adaptor and just plug in. No issues whatso ever.
Cool now I am on my way to East TX and stop off at a Best Western that actually has data ports. I tried for several hours and was never able to get an ISP. The computer in lobby worked fine so the dataport was active. Figured I messed up some configuration since activesynch kept trying to stay on.
I walk in the house today and just plugged in after reading this posting and it connected right away.
Now I am still new to this but I don't think there is that many ways to change the configuration. I did try a few time to see if any of the places I was at had WiFi but no signal showed.
It is not that bulky. weight wise it is circuit pcb so it ways very little. Driver wise I think it is internal to the 10/100 adaptor. so long as you don't soft reset it while it is in the Axim it should be good. Power consumption I think is less then the WiFi but I haven't done a fair test for that one yet.

I followed IkeHikers guide and was able to get active synch to work with the wifi. Now I prefer to use it instead of the usb cable.

Good Luck.
T.

08-05-04, 10:38 PM	#13 (permalink)
twright71 Aximsite Prospect Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 13 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	update from Vacation. What a trip. I went to West Tx for vacation. On the internet the Best Western I found said it had Dataports for internet access. Nope. Only a phone connection and nearest ISP was in another county. So I went to the College Library in the town and they don't have access to allow me to update my Axim wired/wireless. So I go 26 miles to another town and use the local library and they have a table set up for laptops to connect to the internet. Very Small Town. I was able to use the 10/100 adaptor and just plug in. No issues whatso ever. Cool now I am on my way to East TX and stop off at a Best Western that actually has data ports. I tried for several hours and was never able to get an ISP. The computer in lobby worked fine so the dataport was active. Figured I messed up some configuration since activesynch kept trying to stay on. I walk in the house today and just plugged in after reading this posting and it connected right away. Now I am still new to this but I don't think there is that many ways to change the configuration. I did try a few time to see if any of the places I was at had WiFi but no signal showed. It is not that bulky. weight wise it is circuit pcb so it ways very little. Driver wise I think it is internal to the 10/100 adaptor. so long as you don't soft reset it while it is in the Axim it should be good. Power consumption I think is less then the WiFi but I haven't done a fair test for that one yet. I followed IkeHikers guide and was able to get active synch to work with the wifi. Now I prefer to use it instead of the usb cable. Good Luck. T. __________________ T. Axim 5 with windows 2003 CF 128 Meg, WiFi, Ethernet adaptor SD 32 Meg, 128 Meg, 256 Meg. Homemade screen protectors (trying differenet materials) Rhinoskin titanium cover Grinder Gear scout (minus clip) carrying case.