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I just did a few download tests using a Wireless (Linksys WCF12) and compared with hard wired activesync. I tried 2 different Axim's, both have the rom 03 upgrade, and one has the Xcale 250 CPU and the other has the 255. I tested both on the same ActiveSync unit, and then both on the same Linksys WCF12 card, swaping back and forth. I did the download tests using the free test at www.pcpitstop.com. I did the test multiple times to make sure it was accurate.
The speed was the same for each unit using the activeSync or the Wireless Linksys WCF card. It was nice to know that there was no speed loss for using the wireless connection! The Axim with the Xcale 255 brought the higher download speed at a steady 200 kb/s, using both activeSync and the Linksys WCF card.
The other Axim with the Xcale 250 CPU was slighly slower at 150KB/s, again using the same ActiveSync and the same Wireless card. The Axim with the 250 CPU showed a difference between 138kb/s and 167kb/s, where the Axim with the 255 CPU showed dead on steady for repeat tests. Both Axim's are the 400Mhz model. The PC running ActiveSync is a Dell Optiplex, hard wired to a wireless Linksys router, and having a cable broadband connection. I have also tested the 3 PC's which are all networked together, with 2 being wireless and one being hard wired. All 3 PC's tested at the exact same download speed of 2000KB/s, again showing that the 2 PC's with wireless connection are testing a the same download speed as the unit that is hard wired to the router. All tests were done using the same download test. The end result shows that the Axim CPU/Software combo are what is slowing down the broadband download speed. Not that these download speeds are bad (still 3 to 4 times) greater than the fastest dial-up modem could give.
I will repeat the same tests on both Axim's when I get the new OS (wm2003) upgrade later this month. I am hoping the speed will increase with the updates to the browser. I don't expect a large increase in speed due to the limitations in the Xcale cpu, but I will post the results.

Pilot

Axim 400 Mhz 250 cpu rom 03
Axim 400 Mhz 255 cpu rom 03 (wife)
Linksys WCF12 wireless CF card
CoPilot GPS
Linksys wirless network (home with 3 PC's)

Howard2k

Should all be kb/s not Kb/s or KB/s right?

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Axim 400Mhz Rev 03
Linksys WFC12 Wireless CF card
Linksys BEFW11P1 Wireless Router
Co-Pilot 4.0 GPS with CF GPS receiver
256m SD Lexar
256m CF compactflash
128m SD Scandisk