netcat,
Did you get that NetGear FA411 card working?
If not, I have a DLink DCF-660W CF card available.
My Jornada 728 was having trouble with another Prism CF wifi card
(TrendNet TEW-222CF, which is not listed in the HCL
). So, having read that others had some success with the DCF-660W, I purchased one on ebay
($ 28 plus postage
). As it turned out, I had the same trouble with both cards... until I got the right driver.
The driver that came on the CD with the TEW-222F worked somewhat. But occasionally, there was a message "cannot communicate with driver." There were a few other peculiarities with the software.
The drivers that came on the CD with the DCF-660W were for PPC. There was an hpc compatible DLink driver in the Download area on hpcfactor. But, it did not work well, and Ministumbler could not access the wifi card with the DLink driver. On the MiniStumbler and DLink support forums, there are several posts saying that MiniStumbler won't work with the DCF-660W.
(But, as it turns out, the issue is with the driver... not with the card.
)
The driver that worked was PRISM.HPC300ARM.CAB
(Download at
http://hpcmonex.net/izemize/prism.zip - This zip file contains "best cab for hpc2000 arm... also, cenet arm version..."
). Make sure all other Prism drivers have been deleted, with Remove Programs on the hpc Control Panel. Do soft reset before and after running Remove Programs. Then, install the Prism driver. Upon first card insertion, the system asks which driver to use with the card. Type in prismnds.dll
MiniStumbler
(Download at
http://hpcmonex.net/izemize/MiniStumbler.zip ) works with both cards with the above prism driver. I have not found good instructions for using MiniStumbler. The green triangle icon starts and stops scanning. The two gears icon 'reconfigures the card for scanning.' It would be nice if you could connect to an AP by clicking on one from the scan list. But this doesn't work. I manually copy the SSID from the list to the SSID box on the Configuration page of the Wireless Config Utility
(icon in lower right of screen, with card inserted
).
At first, DHCP did not seem to work, but I could connect with manual entry of my IP address. However, after a few soft resets and giving it a couple of minutes to think things over, DHCP is working now. I have been testing things with an Open connection
(have not tried to use WEP
).
If you are interested in the DLink card, send me a Private Message. Otherwise, I'll probably attempt to sell it on ebay.