r0ot

Hello, I've sent an axim x51 to my friend in Australia, but he is telling me that he is unable to use connect wireless to the internet, he brought it to an agent in a store, and they said is not possible cause it's US edition. Is this the reason why is not possible to get internet on it?

thanks

psionandy

The 'low model' (416MHZ) verslon doesn't have built in Wifi. If that's the one he has he'd need to buy a wifi card...

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r0ot

actually I was using wifi here in the US, I'm not sure why the guy at the store said that is not possible to use it over there. But u are saying that there shouldn't be a problem or any kind of incompatibility between the wifi here and there right?

psionandy

Should work fine

(asumming he sets his wifi up ok.. wifi.aximsite.com )

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ikehiker

I suspect Australia, like much of the world, uses 13 channels for WiFi (in contrast to the 11 used in the U.S.). The Axim sold in the U.S. is limited to the 11 channels.

I'm not sure how many hotspots use the high channels but he will not be able to connect to any that do. On the other hand, it should work fine on the lower channels. If he has a home WiFi router, he should set its channel to 1, 6, or 11 (all other channels overlap one of more of these and can cause interference with the connection. In this regard, I would probably avoid using 11 since channels 12 and 13 would cause interference but not actually be seen by the device, so you may not know if neighbors are using them).

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