At 12:37 PM 2/19/2006 -0500, Rob Kelley (yahoo) wrote: >I'm thinking it would be good to set up a half-dozen PDAs for site >surveying. > >I'm wondering if at this point, how far you can go back in PDA history and >still build a manageable netstumbler. > >Has anyone been down this road before? > >At this point, I think the specs would be: > >* Either have an integrated wireless card (unlikely) or support a Compact CF >or SD wireless card >* Support ministumber or some other AP tracking software >* Cost less than $100? > >If this doesn't work or is too expensive, it may be a matter of coming up >with some old laptops to serve the same purpose, but I'd like to use PDAs. > >Rob
The HP iPaq h5550/h5555 (from 2003, running Windows CE 4.x/PocketPC 2003) with internal 802.11b works fine with Ministumbler, although I prefer Wififofum as it is an active project (also free) and presents more information in a more easily useable display. This iPaq model doesn't have a built-in GPS, so you'll need to find an SD or CF based GPS (use the optional CF sleeve for this iPaq series) if you want lat/long values. Unfortunately this setup is still going to run over $200 (these iPaqs, were about $500 new). -hk -- NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/
