price drop on 3com 802.11b wireless card w/ xjack, now around $80

[crotchbat]

I have had nothing but trouble with this card in Windows XP. 3 Com support leaves a lot to be desired. They haven't even updated the drivers since Feb. That thing went back and an Orinoco Gold is in it's place. No more problems whatsoever. 128bit encryption, and it works flawlessly with sleep mode.

 

[Anjing]

The inbuilt WinXP driver for this card does not support XP's wireless zero config. You can utilize this feature by updating to the new NDIS5.1 driver 4.0.4.1 from the 3Com website, also called CD2.03a. I believe the download package comes with a new firmware too.

Zero config (WinXP only) means you can specify ESSID, security and encryption method, etc, all from the Network Connection Properties Wireless Configuration tab and traybar network icon without needing any special software or having to go into Device Manager Hardware to specify an ESSID. If a wireless card driver does not support zero config, its Wireless Configuration tab will be missing and the traybar network icon wireless features will be greyed out. I believe most of today's card have zero config supported.

I've tried all three Cisco 350 Aironet, Lucent/Agere Orinoco Silver and 3Com 3CRWE62092A. They all work the same, I can't tell any difference in them in terms of performance. The bad part is I've had one Cisco card that kept enumerating as PCMCIA_unknown_manufacturer, one Lucent that keeps hanging the system, and one 3Com that gives me a Device Manager Code 10 (Device could not start). Be sure to return these bad cards for a replacement if you ever get one

 

[tchinhe]

I don't see any $10 off $100 coupons.

 

[dmk11]

Do you guys know what the difference between 3CRWE62092A and 3CRSHPW196 ? Both wireless, both xjack antenna. $10 difference is MSRP.

 

[random]

Maverick215, you don't even need this on superfooj's utoronto network.

1: click his link
2: click "How to Setup your Laptop for UTORcwn"
3: scroll down to the bottom and click on "here is the Hexadecimal version of our WEP key."

 

[superfooj]

WHoah...someguys take all the fun out of hacking...

Does anybody know where I can get this thing? Dell is backordered till the 28th...seems like everybody is back ordered... :disgust:

I think the xjack feature is worth the price, my laptop needs to go lots of places, and taking the card in and out is just gonna cause havoc.

Just my 0.02

SF

 

[dmk11]

buy.com has it for $77.93.

and if you want to save some more, I have a $40.33 GC that i'll sell for $35 non-CC paypal..

 

[Anjing]

Originally posted by: dmk11
Do you guys know what the difference between 3CRWE62092A and 3CRSHPW196 ? Both wireless, both xjack antenna. $10 difference is MSRP.

Updated:

They are the exact same hardware except 3CRSHPW196 is marketed for SOHO which doesn't come with the one year unlimited software upgrades and phone support.

If you want, you can have 3CRSHPW196 "software support" by always grabbing the latest 3CRWE62092A drivers off their website.

Not sure if the Hardware IDs are the same but if they aren't, you can insert the card into a slot and check HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\PCMCIA (Win2k, WinXP), then change the IDs in the INF to match up.

 

[eeman]

Do NOT use the 3CRWE62092A drivers with the 3CRSHPW196. They are two completely different cards, hardware wise. Actually you should get better sensitivity (range) with the 3CRSHPW196. I have heard that hardware based on the 3CRSHPW196 design will do 11Mbps at better than 425 Meters.

Just my 2 cents worth...

Also, Dell will probably not be getting the 3CRWE62092A cards back in, these are being replaced with the 3CRSHPW196 cards.

 

[geoffkin]

Linksys Wireless AP + 4-Port Router for $125, got mine in the mail yesterday!

BEFW11S4, ver. 2