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ikehiker · 10-09-05, 12:41 PM

Just to add to what Howard has said. I have the Netgear WGR614NA router and like it a lot. You'll find a lot of people really swear by particular brands (I happen to not care much for D-Link or Linksys but these are other user's favorites) but as Howard said, they all have their peculiarities.

You’ll probably find the Socket cards are fairly expensive everywhere. As an alternative, Symbol makes one that is equivalent to the previous hardware version of Socket (the current Socket card is different) which I find works really well with my X5. The Symbol cards can be found on eBay for $30-40. If you consider this, as usual when buying through eBay, check the seller’s rep and after you get it, get the appropriate drivers/utilities (for PPC02 or WM03 depending on which OS your X5 has) from the Symbol website as the CD you get with the card will likely not have the most recent versions.

Most of the major network manufacturers also make cards but some of these have never had drivers released for WM03 although there are usually ways to get them to work.

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ikehiker Aximsite Hall of Fame Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 8,810 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Just to add to what Howard has said. I have the Netgear WGR614NA router and like it a lot. You'll find a lot of people really swear by particular brands (I happen to not care much for D-Link or Linksys but these are other user's favorites) but as Howard said, they all have their peculiarities. You’ll probably find the Socket cards are fairly expensive everywhere. As an alternative, Symbol makes one that is equivalent to the previous hardware version of Socket (the current Socket card is different) which I find works really well with my X5. The Symbol cards can be found on eBay for $30-40. If you consider this, as usual when buying through eBay, check the seller’s rep and after you get it, get the appropriate drivers/utilities (for PPC02 or WM03 depending on which OS your X5 has) from the Symbol website as the CD you get with the card will likely not have the most recent versions. Most of the major network manufacturers also make cards but some of these have never had drivers released for WM03 although there are usually ways to get them to work. __________________ -Ike- To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. and To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.