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| I've just bought a Psion Teklogix Netbook Pro, complete with Cisco 340 wifi card, and I'm interested to see what can be achieved on this little netbook in 2020.
I have a Cisco 350 wifi card on order, plus an Ambicom bluetooth CF card, so hopefully I will be able to connect through WPA at home and use my phone for bluetooth tethering while out.
I had a Jornada pocket PC years ago but have forgotten most of what I learnt, so expect a few questions once I start to get to grips with CE again.
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Administrator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 17,985 |
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| Hello Hugh, fellow countryman, welcome to HPC:Factor |
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| Thanks for the welcome
I'm from Kent, and not really looking forward to dropping my router to WEP (although it's highly unlikely anyone will try and hack into my network ) while I await the rest of the connecting bits 
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H/PC Philosopher Posts: | 256 |
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| Welcome and congrats on your acquisition of one of the top notch HPCs!
I've been here just for a month and found a whole new territory to explore here. |
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Subscribers Factorite (Elite) Posts: | 171 |
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| Quote I'm from Kent, and not really looking forward to dropping my router to WEP
When I last did this, I piggybacked an old WEP router off of my up-to-date router. That way I could just shut off the WEP connection after I was done with it. |
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Moderator H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,828 |
Location: | Choking on the stench of ambition in Washington DC | Status: | |
| Running a compatible ethernet card from the jack of a wifi extender will get you on line at your current level of security. No WEP needed but less mobility around the house.
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| Thanks everyone
I usually sit close to our router so I'll probably look in the hardware database here for a compatible ethernet card.
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Subscribers Factorite (Elite) | Jake, that is a great idea! Thank you and I will try that!
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Moderator H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,828 |
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| Good luck! I run my card from an extender behind my desk.
Something like this would allow a bit more mobility in the home, but clunkier, I guess.
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Subscribers H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 3,679 |
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| Quote
I’ve never seen those in Japan or elsewhere. Very cool. Edited by stingraze 2020-10-24 2:42 PM
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H/PC Philosopher Posts: | 256 |
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| How about using the Ravpower Filehubs for full speed access and up-to-date security, i.e. Router/Hotspot --(wifi)--> Filehub --(ethernet)--> HPC? |
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Subscribers H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 3,679 |
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| Nice idea. |
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Moderator H/PC Vanguard Posts: | 2,828 |
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| Yes, if I'm understanding the hardware correctly, you'd enter your ISP id/password into the Ravpower, it gets you on-line through your ISP, then you connect your ethernet.
Does the Ravpower play nice with US and other countries' ISPs? I seem to remember that Verizon, for example, only let you use their routers. But that may have changed...
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| My AmbiCom WL54-CF has arrived, installed the drivers, and after a little fettling with the router I now have internet on the netbook through WPA
The seller of the AmbiCom BT2000-CF bluetooth card, however, has sent me a BT2000D-CF, and I'm currently awaiting an exchange from them. For a professional retro gadget shop they didn't seem to know the difference 
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| I guess you could say, they get a "D-"  |
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