Help With Wi-Fi Card Please!!

JAChavez99 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 08:35 AM

So I just came off a Blackberry 7520 to a 6700 for a week, and now a 700wx. I missed the WiFi off the 6700, so I wanted to add it to the Treo. I just received a 'Just Mobile' Wi-Fi LAN card that I purchased off eBay (review here http://www.pocketnow.com/index.php?a...reviews&id=860) and am having a hell of a time getting it to work. I went through the process explained in the directions about a dozen times, doing soft resets after the installation, removing the drivers, reinstalling, soft reset, etc. etc. I even tried a hard reset, then installing, no luck. Everytime I put the card in I get the error "Unrecognized Card." Does anyone have any ideas? Thanks a lot beforehand, and great forum btw!

fondoo · #2 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 02:06 PM

i've tested socket e300 wifi sdio card and it was extremely buggy. i then went out and picked up a palm wifi sdio card, which was more stable and reliable. i sugguest you go out and pick one up. i picked one up at compusa for only $60.

**Wideawake** · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2006, 07:19 PM

eek! that sux...from the vid I watched on the 700wx it looked plug and play but like the post above states tho sadly it may b the card...I dunno....I don't have a treo

still got my 1st love my apache

anyone got any ideas y he's having issues or using this card themselves?
~mike

JAChavez99 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-03-2006, 12:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wideawake

eek! that sux...from the vid I watched on the 700wx it looked plug and play but like the post above states tho sadly it may b the card...I dunno....I don't have a treo

still got my 1st love my apache

anyone got any ideas y he's having issues or using this card themselves?
~mike

Yeah yeah rub it in my face! I just dropped the 6700 in the UPS mailbox back to Sprint, even though I only had it for a week I miss the old bugger...especially being in a no EvDo area!

Quote:

Originally Posted by fondoo

i've tested socket e300 wifi sdio card and it was extremely buggy. i then went out and picked up a palm wifi sdio card, which was more stable and reliable. i sugguest you go out and pick one up. i picked one up at compusa for only $60.

The only problem with the Palm card is that it is not g compatible, the brand I purchased seems to be one of the few that is. Not to mention it was less that $50 shipped!

There has to be a way to get this to work, I just need to determine if I have a defective card, or if it's a problem in the driver. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thanks!

dalexiou · #5 (**permalink**) 10-03-2006, 01:13 AM

You could always try the

SPECTEC 802.11G SDIO WIRELESS WIFI WLAN SD CARD SDW-821

Just use that and search ebay.....I got one for like $40.00 shipped....it does both g and b.....driver installed easily and started working immediately.....doesn't stick out as much as the Palm card either. Let me know if you have any questions about it.

Dimitri

JAChavez99 · #6 (**permalink**) 10-03-2006, 01:20 AM

Thanks for the reply Dimitri, I was actually just looking at those on eBay. Can you confirmed that it's worked on a 700wx? I guess I could get a refund for my card and get it, but then I'd have to eat the $11 I paid for shipping!

dalexiou · #7 (**permalink**) 10-03-2006, 02:19 AM

Yeah I can definately confrim the card works.....I have a 700wx and its the card I use when I need it.

Dimitri