I've been playing a bit with this card recently and I have some things to share.
The Sandisk ConnectPlus is a lovely combo
(Wifi + 128MB Storage
) card that never had an actual HPC driver.
20ish years ago I created a hybrid driver using the official PPC driver + the control/config panel from the standard PRISM driver. It was a very basic solution; It didn't have AP scan capabilities so you had to use other apps like MiniStumbler to find access points, WEP keys had to be enter in HEX because their "passphrase" to HEX conversion didn't work in 90% of the APs I tried it with, and didn't show you your IP information, etc.... but it worked great.
However, fast-forwarding to present day, DHCP doesn't seem to be working with that very same driver I ""made""
(The config app relies on WinCE's own DHCP settings, and while worked fine back in the day, it doesn't seem to be faring that well today
).
So if we go back to the original driver, now it's a lot more usable thanks to RedGear:
And it's great, because the original driver not only has its own
(working
) DHCP panel, but also includes an AP scanner and a PING utility, their WEP key conversion from passphrase or ASCII actually works, so no need for other apps, AND the app itself shows you information like your IP. However, it's not particularly easy to use when you have to scroll down to switch tabs and then back up to change settings.
Also everything is super crammed:

So I decided to do some Res-Editing in the original driver, and this is what I got
(not going to show all screens but this should be a good showcase
):
This "mod" only replaces the
Wlu.cpl control panel app that comes with the original driver with my version, and still requires RedGear
(or just aygshell.dll
) to run.
- Unlike the PRISM control panel, this driver doesn't have a way of turning the wifi radio off. It includes the dialog in the resources (together with a channel strength indicator) but for whatever reason it seems to be hidden and never used in the app, or at least it's not trigger-able on an HPC.
- If you leave it running for whatever reason it prevents the "Remove Apps" to be opened more than once, so I would normally close it as soon as I'm done setting up the card. I also remove the shortcut it creates in Startup so it doesn't launch automatically.
Haven't found other issues so far, and seems to be a lot more usable than my 20-year-old hack.
So... Would it be valuable in any way to package this as an HPC driver? Or maybe just distribute the modded panel and instructions on how to apply the mod? Or maybe this is not worth the trouble at all? I mean, the original driver is still usable to some extent with RedGear, it's just REALLY annoying and inconvenient to use.
What do you all think?