wifi problem

It's a Proxim Gold Orinoco 802.11b PC card, model # 8420-WD. The people I bought it from said it should work on a Mobilepro.

It should, but people are having inconsistent results with the Proxim ORiNOCO card. The older Agere and Lucent versions are more reliable.

H/PCs: Casio A-10 (CE 1.0), HP 360LX, Sharp Mobilon HC-4600, HC-4500A, LG Phenom Express H-220C32, Samsung IZZI Pro, MainStreet Clio C-1050 (x2), NEC MobilePros 790, 800, "890," 900C-A, Intermec 6651 (H/PC 2000), HP Jornada 728 (x2), NTT DoCoMo Sigmarion III
CE tablets: Fujitsu PenCentra 200 (H/PC 2000), Hoeft & Wessel skeye.pad (CE 4.2 .net)
CE mini-tablets: Casio PA-2400U, PA-2400W
Palm-size PCs: Casio E-15, E-105, Compaq Aero 2180 (x2 - one CE 2.11, one Pocket PC 2000), HP Jornada 430SE, Philips Nino 300, Everex Freestyle Manager A-15
core CE device: NTT DoCoMo Pocket PostPet
Pocket Manager: Casio BE-300
Pocket PCs: Compaq Aero 1550, Dell Axim X5 (Windows Mobile 2003)

Thanks for the info. I guess I'll fiddle with it a bit more and then see if I can send it back. Perhaps when I finally get a chance to try the upgrade that will make a difference.

If you're planning to upgrade to the Cmonex v2 ROM (which includes the Agere driver), there's no harm in trying it after the upgrade to see if it will work then. I'd suggest you go ahead with the upgrade and then try the card again before sending it back.

H/PCs: Casio A-10 (CE 1.0), HP 360LX, Sharp Mobilon HC-4600, HC-4500A, LG Phenom Express H-220C32, Samsung IZZI Pro, MainStreet Clio C-1050 (x2), NEC MobilePros 790, 800, "890," 900C-A, Intermec 6651 (H/PC 2000), HP Jornada 728 (x2), NTT DoCoMo Sigmarion III
CE tablets: Fujitsu PenCentra 200 (H/PC 2000), Hoeft & Wessel skeye.pad (CE 4.2 .net)
CE mini-tablets: Casio PA-2400U, PA-2400W
Palm-size PCs: Casio E-15, E-105, Compaq Aero 2180 (x2 - one CE 2.11, one Pocket PC 2000), HP Jornada 430SE, Philips Nino 300, Everex Freestyle Manager A-15
core CE device: NTT DoCoMo Pocket PostPet
Pocket Manager: Casio BE-300
Pocket PCs: Compaq Aero 1550, Dell Axim X5 (Windows Mobile 2003)

Cmonexv2 should work...or try the drivers here: http://www.dsldepot.com/download.asp?fileid=204

Rich

HPCNEC.COM

Thanks so much for the link. There are three cab files (and many other files) to choose from here: sys1, data1, and user1. Do I need all three? Should I drag some of the other files into the Windows folder. Sorry for the basic questions.

No, just run Setup.exe and it will place the CAB files you need on the host PC (usually in \Program Files).

H/PCs: Casio A-10 (CE 1.0), HP 360LX, Sharp Mobilon HC-4600, HC-4500A, LG Phenom Express H-220C32, Samsung IZZI Pro, MainStreet Clio C-1050 (x2), NEC MobilePros 790, 800, "890," 900C-A, Intermec 6651 (H/PC 2000), HP Jornada 728 (x2), NTT DoCoMo Sigmarion III
CE tablets: Fujitsu PenCentra 200 (H/PC 2000), Hoeft & Wessel skeye.pad (CE 4.2 .net)
CE mini-tablets: Casio PA-2400U, PA-2400W
Palm-size PCs: Casio E-15, E-105, Compaq Aero 2180 (x2 - one CE 2.11, one Pocket PC 2000), HP Jornada 430SE, Philips Nino 300, Everex Freestyle Manager A-15
core CE device: NTT DoCoMo Pocket PostPet
Pocket Manager: Casio BE-300
Pocket PCs: Compaq Aero 1550, Dell Axim X5 (Windows Mobile 2003)

"No, just run Setup.exe and it will place the CAB files you need on the host PC (usually in \Program Files)."

I am assuming that by host PC you mean my main computer, not my MobilePro. My host PC is a Mac, and I don't use activesync. The Mac won't open setup.exe (it's not sure what to open it with). If you meant just run setup.exe on the Mobilepro, then I'll just try that (I'd test it now, but I don't have the Mobilepro with me at work). If not, is there a way to accomplish this by just moving files onto my Mobilepro?

Thanks for any ideas.

Then you are going to have to find a Windows machine to run the setup on and copy everything to a memory card to install the files you need....

Rich

HPCNEC.COM

Thanks again for all the advice. I'll have to try that next week.

Ok, here's another probably basic question. Based on my attempts, am I right in assuming that I have to install activesync on the pc that I borrow--not to sync with my mobilepro, but just to get the cab files to put on a cf card?

Not necessarily. Windows XP has an extraction utility built in that can extract some self-extracting installer .exe files. Right-click on the installer icon and look for "Extract files" among the menu choices. If it's there, problem solved.

H/PCs: Casio A-10 (CE 1.0), HP 360LX, Sharp Mobilon HC-4600, HC-4500A, LG Phenom Express H-220C32 (H/PC Pro), Samsung IZZI Pro, MainStreet Clio C-1050 (x2), NEC MobilePros 790, 800, "890," 900C-A, Intermec 6651 (H/PC 2000), HP Jornada 728 (x2), NTT DoCoMo Sigmarion III
CE tablets: Fujitsu PenCentra 200 (H/PC 2000), Hoeft & Wessel skeye.pad (CE 4.2 .net)
CE mini-tablets: Casio PA-2400U, PA-2400W
Palm-size PCs: Casio E-15, E-105, Compaq Aero 2180 (x2 - one CE 2.11, one Pocket PC 2000), HP Jornada 430SE, Philips Nino 300, Everex Freestyle Manager A-15
core CE device: NTT DoCoMo Pocket PostPet
Pocket Manager: Casio BE-300
Pocket PCs: Compaq Aero 1550, Dell Axim X5 (Windows Mobile 2003)

It took awhile, but I finally had the cab extracted for me and sent to me, and it worked! Thank you both for the info.