I have used the Xircom for the Handspring with a LinkSys AP. We have had very good luck. Speed was pretty good sending and receiving (although we were not doing web browsing) We created a wireless application using PocketStudio and ASTA servers (ASTA has a shared library on the client and a server product). The demo took in a survey and signature capture, then displayed it on the server... If you are interested, ASTA supports PocketStudio, CodeWarrior, and other development tools for the PalmOS (and Windows, Linux, PocketPC as well). http://www.astatech.com . I think he has several of the demos available for download. Nice technology.
-- Douglas Olson - President & Co-founder Pocket Technologies, Inc. - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.pocket-technologies.com "news.palmos.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:65609@palm-dev-forum... > > 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/
