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H/PC Newbie Posts: | 10 |
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| New user. Just received 3Com wireless card for my Jornada 728.
Downloaded drivers from HPC: factor, copied them to Memory stick and connected 728 to laptop,
I copied 3 files (3cwlance, SetupCE,Wireless Lan CE 2577) to 728 via activesync but the SetCE gives me the error message "Not a valid CE application".
Not sure what to do. |
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Moderator H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,829 |
Location: | Choking on the stench of ambition in Washington DC | Status: | |
| These didn't come in a .cab file?
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Global Moderator H/PC Guru Posts: | 7,188 |
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| That's because the file is meant to be run from your desktop computer to decompress and install with an ActiveSync connection. You only need the 2577 CAB file. Copy it to your Jornada and tap on it to install the drivers. |
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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,668 |
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| Moved to Handheld PC 2000
Please pay attention to where you're posting. No Jornada model, including the 728, ever ran CE 2.0. |
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H/PC Newbie Posts: | 10 |
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| I put the files on the 728 via activesync and the 3 files were loaded.
I qas able to execute the Setup CE, it brough up a window that the card was not recognized, provided a field to rename it.
But after that I never noticed the pc card as being energized or further recognized.
The other 2 files were: 3cwlance, wireless LAN CE 2577 and a third WLANMonitorCE |
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Moderator H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,829 |
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| Please walk us through your exact steps: model of card, did you use the cab or copy-over files, etc.
If it's a 32-bit card, you're out of luck...
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Global Moderator H/PC Guru Posts: | 7,188 |
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| Yes, what is the exact model number printed on the card? |
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H/PC Newbie Posts: | 10 |
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| 3 COM 11 Mbps Wireless LAN PC Card Version 2.o 3CRWE62092A.
The files on the Jornada are: Program Files/3Com/Wireless LAN/3cwlance, Sertup CE, Wireless LAN CE.2577 and WLanmonitorCE.
On the laptop while connected to the Jornada via Activesync I 2x clicked on theWireless LAN Ce.2577 got the mesaage "Cannot open the cabinet file".
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Global Moderator H/PC Guru Posts: | 7,188 |
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| I know the 2B version works with the Alpaxo software drivers...not sure about 2A. You might have to update the firmware somehow... |
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Moderator H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,829 |
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| As Rich says, you're having trouble because it's a ppc program and needs RedGear to run properly on a hpc
Furthermore, the card is not worth the bother. I have the 3CRWE62092B and it's a pita with the 728 (works without complaint with the 720). Lots of freezes, lots of soft resets coming out of suspend, etc.
Get a Lucent Orinico card and you'll be much happier. I gave up on my 3CRWE62092B, and don't know the A model at all.
Jake
Edited by Jake 2014-08-11 10:41 PM
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H/PC Newbie Posts: | 10 |
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| Read a thread wby user 'Isreal' who said the 3 Com card worked with his HP 728. I Would like to contact him. |
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Moderator H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,829 |
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| Oh, it will work. But the device will often freeze after a return from suspend, and sometimes just freeze up in the midst of things. You can either soft reset and pull out and reinsert card. I just got tired of that, though I do miss its form factor.
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H/PC Newbie Posts: | 10 |
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| I can't get the card to show if it is energized, not lights, nothing. The computer recognizes the card, asks for the driver, but I don't know it, just the CAB file is on the comuter.
Still looking for help on installing a 3com card with xjack to a hp 728.
Installed it, but can't seem to get it working, I saw a post by Israel that was successful with the installation. Would like to contact him if any knows, or can help otherwise. |
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Global Moderator H/PC Guru Posts: | 7,188 |
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| One other thing, I'm not sure if you noticed it or not. In the HCL on this website, there are two different listings for this 3Com wifi card. One is the standard driver set from 3Com, the other is the Alpaxo software with the site monitor.
The latter (Alpaxo) is the one you need to install. It is a specially modified version of the 3Com driver that allows it to run on the Jornada 720/728 devices. The CEMonitor software is a separate program that you use to configure your wifi card settings.
With most HPCs, this is the normal way things work. First a driver that handles all the hardware functions of the card, and then a control program of some type that allows you to set the card via software to be normal wifi card, or to have an ad-hoc connections, to set the WEP security protocol, broadcast data, etc.
You normally need both of these to make the wifi card work. And even after you install the drivers and software, often times it is necessary to perform a warm-reset of the handheld before the thing will work because there are normally registry changes made that are not active until the machine has been rebooted...not restarted by just turning the power on and off, but actual soft reset. |
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H/PC Newbie Posts: | 10 |
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| I downloaded the file ans stilll could not get the 3COM card to work.
Really wanted to get the wireless working but something I'm doing (I guess) si wrong. |
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