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wmson2000 · 04-15-03, 02:52 PM

I've had a Netgear MA701 CF card for about 25 days. I'm going to send it back and give up on WiFi if I can't get this figured out.

- I have a SMC Wireless Router 7004AWBR that has been set up and IS working with one desktop and two laptops connecting via wireless cards. I know nothing about how it works!!!! It was setup via defaults. I don't even know what the 'address' of the wireless router is. Everything simply works.

- One laptop can share files with the desktop.

- Firewall is enabled on the router, WEP is not

- I installed the Netgear card in my Axim and set it up via the manual instructions (Network=Infrastructure, SSID=ANY, Link Rate = Fully Auto).

- I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET MY AXIM TO SYNC AND POCKET IE TO WORK! But it had been hit and miss. A few days ago I turned my Axim on and it connected (when it connects I get a strong signal anywhere in the house). I set it down for a few minutes and then all I could get was a blinking 'scanning' light and no connection. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to why I cannot make this work consistantly. For the past day or two, I can't get it to work at all, period.

- I have played around with the 'Connections' settings, etc.

Am I just stupid (I'm setting myself up on that one!), do I have a defective card, or something else.

Is there a tutorial (I did look at the one on aximsite about syncing wirelessly to two different networks/machines) that can walk me through a setup.

The SMC Router manual and the Netgear manual assume a fair amount of knowledge about the system. I just know that mine has been working but I can't get the Axim added to the system.

04-15-03, 02:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
wmson2000 Aximsite Rookie DAP Freshman Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Eastern Pennsylvania Posts: 78 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	WiFi Idiot needs help I've had a Netgear MA701 CF card for about 25 days. I'm going to send it back and give up on WiFi if I can't get this figured out. - I have a SMC Wireless Router 7004AWBR that has been set up and IS working with one desktop and two laptops connecting via wireless cards. I know nothing about how it works!!!! It was setup via defaults. I don't even know what the 'address' of the wireless router is. Everything simply works. - One laptop can share files with the desktop. - Firewall is enabled on the router, WEP is not - I installed the Netgear card in my Axim and set it up via the manual instructions (Network=Infrastructure, SSID=ANY, Link Rate = Fully Auto). - I HAVE BEEN ABLE TO GET MY AXIM TO SYNC AND POCKET IE TO WORK! But it had been hit and miss. A few days ago I turned my Axim on and it connected (when it connects I get a strong signal anywhere in the house). I set it down for a few minutes and then all I could get was a blinking 'scanning' light and no connection. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to why I cannot make this work consistantly. For the past day or two, I can't get it to work at all, period. - I have played around with the 'Connections' settings, etc. Am I just stupid (I'm setting myself up on that one!), do I have a defective card, or something else. Is there a tutorial (I did look at the one on aximsite about syncing wirelessly to two different networks/machines) that can walk me through a setup. The SMC Router manual and the Netgear manual assume a fair amount of knowledge about the system. I just know that mine has been working but I can't get the Axim added to the system.