Anyone knows this wificard? and does it work on S100?

[Amien]

topic says all

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The SWLSDI-1100 is a compact size wireless card for the PDA and other mobile computing device. The card is designed in the concept to get friendly with battery. When connected to a Wireless network, the card is typically in listening mode almost the time except the short period of packets being transmitted and received. That means your battery life will be maximized. The card works with all wireless LAN security protocols. Open, 64-bit and 128-bit WEP encryptions are supported.
Features

* 802.11b Wi-Fi compatible
* Supports infrastructure WLAN and Ad Hoc peer-to-peer connectivity
* Power save Mode minimizes power consumption while maximizing data throughput
* Small external antenna reduces the card size
* LED indicates connection status
* Works in SDIO compatible devices with SDIO Now! Software from BSQUARE
* Support Pocket PC 2002/2003, Win CE 3.0/4.0
* All drivers included to get up and running.
* Very good range
* 11mbs - 802.11b. Compatible with all wireless networks, hotspots and bt openzones.


been sold for out 35 pounds

[vijay555]

I think someone's selling a magician either on here or modaco with this card, so i presume it works with magian. mail me in a couple of days - I "accidentally" purchased one without telling the girlfriend, so i'll be going thru hell (by all accounts) setting it up on wednesday when it arrives. £26 delivered from ebuyer.co.uk. not bad price, 50% of ebay prices. hope to hell it works!

Please report/pm if you've already got it!

V

[thereaperman]

if its like the mini one i have then it works fine on the s100, xda mini, mda compact etc. (i can not see your picture tho)

[gero]

Found a great review on Ebuyer.co.uk by someone whjo has purchased this card to use with his Magician/Qtek S100....

"Great little card - first, ebuyer were impressive and delivered a day early on standard delivery.
Card ends up more expensive then it seems, £26+ with p&p, but frankly, it\'s worth it.

I downloaded the drivers straight from SafeCom\'s website, never bother with the accompanying CDs since they\'re always out of date.

I use a HTC Magician/QTEK s100 phone, and after installing the drivers, just pop the card in.
The reviewer that says that his card sticks out nearly an inch must have a different batch - the picture of the card on Safecom\'s site is inaccurate, although the dimensions given are correct - it sticks out about 5mm from my phone. It\'s very unobtrusive, and has a tiny blue led that flashes out random patterns for the aliens to read (actually - solid blue means a connection is established, flashing blue means data transmission).

The phone runs \"Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition\", and the card worked straight out of the box once drivers installed. However, \"worked\" is a difficult issue. The card did exactly what it\'s supposed to. BTW - the drivers include a tool to scan the local area for wifi, so it\'ll be useful for finding open connections in coffee shops etc, no other tools needed. Shows signal strength, WEP, data rate etc, most of what you\'ll need.

As I said, the card does what it says on the tin, found an open network and connected to it no problem. However, setting up the Pocket PC to use the connections can be tricky, so have a look at this site http://wifi.aximsite.com/wifi_net.html
Basically, you have to use your \"Work\" connection, and tell the PPC not to use proxies. After some trial and eror, got it all working perfectly, although I blame Microsoft, not the card for the difficulties in figuring out the Networking Settings.

Next ActiveSync: follow this page
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/networking/expert/bowman_september24.mspx

Basically, in your \"network card\" settings, choose wlan adaptor, and then \"Name servers\" tab, and in WINS enter the IP address of your host (desktop) computer that you want to sync with. Ensure you have ethernet syncing enabled on the desktop, and then open activesync on the PPC to sync through the air :)

If you have a Magician, I recommend doing the \"extended ROM\" hack to give yourself 27mb of \"storage\", and stick all your browser goodies in there so that you can remove your storage card and still have access to programs installed.

Finally, I recommend MultiIE (in the absence of trying Netfront 3.2). It\'s small and enhances Internet Explorer to be useable - full screen browsing in landscape is just about tolerable.
VNC works perfectly also, great for watching the desktop from the bedroom!

Hope this is useful; I was very nervous about ordering this card given how little feedback there was, but am very relieved to report that it works great (although haven\'t tested range much), is very small, as pictured above is only about 5mm longer than standard SD, and does what it\'s supposed to."

Hope this helps..

Gero

[saldous]

Excellent. Thanks for the info. What sort of range can you get form it?

[vijay555]

gero - that was my review.

I've got it for the Magician. Range seems to be reasonable, although I haven't tested it too far - it works, and surprisingly well! Install Hitchiker or TodayWarrior for even more functionality.

It's small, does what it says on the tin. As I said on ebuyer, do the extended rom hack, dump MiniIE etc in your "storage" area and you're away.

V