I recently got a Palm m505 and also got the Xircom 802.11b wireless network adapter. I've had some very good success using it with my wireless LAN at home. I use PalmScape (dumped AvantGo - I didn't like all the extra communications it did "on my behalf") to browse the Internet through a Linux proxy server - PalmScape conveniently supports Basic Authentication for proxies.
I've also used it to access other wireless networks. It *seems* that the encryption keys overlap - i.e., if you set up a profile with 64-bit keys, changing the 64-bit keys in another profile wipes the first ones out. Also - it seems that if you use a 128-bit encryption key, it wipes out all four 64-bit keys. Also, it would be very convenient to have the Xircom adapter able to browse (and report on) any Access Points it finds (I run a LinkSys wireless adapter on my laptop, and I can see multiple wireless networks as I drive around - mostly near schools). Performancewise, the Xircom/Palm is pretty slow. Or something in the whole path is, anyway. Running PalmScape, going to a machine that is local to my "inside" network (i.e., not going through the proxy) and downloading a web page that is exactly 100,000 bytes long (it's mostly html comment, so it doesn't mess with the PalmScape display) took 61 seconds. (1639 Bytes per second - somewhere between a 14.4 and 19.2 modem, if I calculated right). That's pretty slow, but certainly adequate if you design the web pages efficiently. I'm interested in hearing from anyone else who has used the Xircom or other wireless (802.11b, bluetooth, amateur radio, etc - *not* cellphone) adapter - to get impressions, ideas, etc. You can post back here, or email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Thanks! -- HamFon ..click.. -- For information on using the Palm Developer Forums, or to unsubscribe, please see http://www.palmos.com/dev/tech/support/forums/
