Setting up a wireless network between a PC & PDA

[neilpickthall]

Hi there

I am looking to purchase the HP2210 PDA and would like to what I need to enable me to set up a wireless network between my Pc & the PDA. After reading some of the threads on this site, I now realise that WLAN(WiFi) if much better than using bluetooth. What other accessories (outwith the HP221 & my PC) will I need to purchase to enable me to set up the network between the two? Any advice will be much appreciated before I go ahead and make the purchase.

Kind regards

Neil

[Stevie]

Originally Posted by neilpickthall

Hi there

I am looking to purchase the HP2210 PDA and would like to what I need to enable me to set up a wireless network between my Pc & the PDA. After reading some of the threads on this site, I now realise that WLAN(WiFi) if much better than using bluetooth. What other accessories (outwith the HP221 & my PC) will I need to purchase to enable me to set up the network between the two? Any advice will be much appreciated before I go ahead and make the purchase.

Kind regards

Neil

You need to get a access point, normally you would replace (if appropriate your cable modem with a WIFI router) that is one way of doing it, you can also get USB connecters to turn your PC into the access point. H ave a look at http://www.filesaveas.com/wifi.html alot of usefull information for beginners

[Tony Dolling]

I have a 2210 and a 3 com wired/wireless network. I am using a Seano cf card 2511CF. Its the only one that works with PC2003. This allows me to connect to the internet through my network and any others around. Security is generally apalling. I can walk through my neighborhood and trall the web.

Watch the 2210 though. It falls apart. The rubber sides fall off after two weeks. The driver memory is too small to run wifi and bluetooth drivers. So if you run a gps system and a wifi you will have problems.

Can't find a way to connect to the work-group. There doesn't appear to be a way of entering the work-group identity into the 2210. It would be nice to exchange files.

Best of luck.

[Tux]

Originally Posted by Tony Dolling

I have a 2210 and a 3 com wired/wireless network. I am using a Seano cf card 2511CF. Its the only one that works with PC2003. This allows me to connect to the internet through my network and any others around. Security is generally apalling. I can walk through my neighborhood and trall the web.

Watch the 2210 though. It falls apart. The rubber sides fall off after two weeks. The driver memory is too small to run wifi and bluetooth drivers. So if you run a gps system and a wifi you will have problems.

Can't find a way to connect to the work-group. There doesn't appear to be a way of entering the work-group identity into the 2210. It would be nice to exchange files.

Best of luck.

The SanDisk low power combined wi-fi and memory card works very well with the 2210 and PC2003. Make sure you use the latest drivers from their site, and not the ones on the supplied CD.

As for security, when you set it up, you can generate a pass key which provides quite reasonable security.

The 2210 works very well with wi-fi and bluetooth and gps. At least, mine does. I have to say that comments above about the driver size being too small are simply not correct.

To connect to a LAN you should use something like Pocketlan.

I have read about people having problems with the side grips, but mine seem perfectly okay, and you can buy aftermarket alloy replacements.

Regards

Martin