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| I want to get a ethernet card for my Netbook Pro (Xscale, Windows CE 4.2) and don't want to shell out $100 for a Socket LPE card. Can anyone provide a recommendation of a particular card for use with this device (based on experience, not just a HCL checkmark)? |
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| I have a SIMpad SL4 running 4.1 and havn't had any issues with my Enterasys RoamAbout PC Card. Works with out any problems, just load the card, and it connects! |
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| I am not interested in wireless cards. I already have several that work quite well, thank you. I am looking for *WIRED* ethernet adapters. In particular, ones that are known through personal experience to work with the Netbook Pro. |
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| Any adapter that is known to work with the Windows CE 4.2 will work with the Netbook Pro.
You don't go into a store and ask for a Network card that works with "my Dell Dimension XPS 5600", you ask for one that works with Windows XP. Windows CE is no different in this regard. |
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| Quote C:Amie - 2006-03-17 12:54 PM
Any adapter that is known to work with the Windows CE 4.2 will work with the Netbook Pro.
You don't go into a store and ask for a Network card that works with "my Dell Dimension XPS 5600", you ask for one that works with Windows XP. Windows CE is no different in this regard.
this is true most of the time but not always. especially if we're talking about ce.net, ce.net is no longer just a platform (but you know that )... what runs on one cenet device will not necessarily run on another even with hacks. |
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| I have to concur with Cmonex on this one. Windows CE is really rather fractured OS environment.It is often not enough to write a program for a particular Win CE OS/processor combo. For one, there are often significant differences in what dll files are included in the OS image from device to device, be it HPC 2000 or CE .Net 4.20. I am personally unwilling to spend my money just because a 3rd party device manufacturer claims compatibility with a certain OS. With a community as small and tight nit as ours, I am far more willing to spend money on something when there is annecdotal evidence from a user that something works with a given device. |
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| We're not talking about progams though, we're talking about drivers for a Wired LAN adapter which come out of the universal CE4 DDK. 
WiFi "config utilities" are a different story. |
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| Got several ethernet cards running with my NBPro.
It is just important that they are NE2000-compatible!
Andreas |
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| Quote C:Amie - 2006-03-18 12:38 PM
We're not talking about progams though, we're talking about drivers for a Wired LAN adapter which come out of the universal CE4 DDK.
WiFi "config utilities" are a different story.
how can you live without a config utility if you want a little security for your wlan network?! |
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| CmoneX, the poster in this thread is looking for Ethernet, that's Wired LAN not Wire-less 
We're not discussing WiFi drivers.  |
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| Quote C:Amie - 2006-03-18 9:17 PM
CmoneX, the poster in this thread is looking for Ethernet, that's Wired LAN not Wire-less
We're not discussing WiFi drivers.
umm, i just replied to your post - mentioning wlan |
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Administrator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 18,007 |
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| To which I said "WiFi "config utilities" are a different story.". Open / shut case here. |
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