WIFI CF card for Axim X5

plutoniumshore · 03-24-04, 02:47 PM

Hey guys...

My boss has given me the go ahead to buy a new WIFI card for My dell Axim because mY dell Truemobile card isn't cutting it.

What's the best card I can get? Are their any combo cards that do wifi and something else? I've seen a Sandisk wifi with 128 megs of memory...is that a good buy?

Your input is much appreciated.

Thanks!

03-24-04, 03:04 PM

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I've seen a Sandisk wifi with 128 megs of memory...is that a good buy?

It's fine to look at the Sandisk--just don't buy it.

spoon · 03-24-04, 03:06 PM

I got a Symbol off eBya for a $30.00 - and works great

bg63 · 03-24-04, 03:38 PM

I use linksys card. Model WCF11. It work great for me,

ceej13 · 03-24-04, 04:27 PM

I've been using Ambicom WL1100C-CF for awhile now and it's been working great for me. :)

jb2001 · 03-24-04, 05:38 PM

symbol IMO is the best

ikehiker · 03-24-04, 06:46 PM

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Originally posted by plutoniumshore
What's the best card I can get?

The Socket card has the best reputation but one of the highest price tags, too. The Symbol card mentioned above is a clone of the original Socket low-power card (Socket just came out with a new version) and has a pretty good CS as well. The ebay prices on it are very good but it retails for even more than the Socket at 'real' stores.

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Are their any combo cards that do wifi and something else?

AFAIK, the Sandisk is the only combo card currently on the market.

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I've seen a Sandisk wifi with 128 megs of memory...is that a good buy?

Just to reinforce zatrikon's comment - when it was first released, the Sandisk card did not work with the X5 - the WiFi worked somewhat for most people that tried it but they were never able to access the memory. Even though Dell sold it on their site, they had a "Not for the Axim" warning on the product description. I've never heard any reports that the problems were fixed so I don't think it's worth the potential headaches.

I've tried the Symbol card, SMC, Ambicom, and D-link CF cards on my X5 (running PPC02). They all work reasonably well. I've seen a lot of complaints here that many users have had the D-link cards fail after a couple of months. SMC still doesn't have WM03 drivers but their old drivers do work with the new OS as do the Intersil reference drivers.

timk85 · 03-24-04, 06:55 PM

I also have been using the Ambicom WL1100C-CF since September, and it works great.

geoffsmith · 03-25-04, 10:14 PM

I use the linksys WCF12 with no problems using WM2003. I did have to download some drivers based on some of the info on this site to get 2003 to work. I used ppc2002 no problem with standard drivers. I use internet and my pop3 emai.