RE: [iPAQ] iPaq wireless

From: Hicks, Jamey <Jamey.Hicks.a.t.compaq.com>
Date: Mon Sep 10 2001 - 07:53:52 EDT

The Sierra Wireless CDPD card is not supported by Linux. Sierra
Wireless is unwilling to share enough information to write a driver for
this card.

The Sierra Wireless CDMA card (Aircard 510), however, looks just like a
modem and works with Linux.

Jamey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: JW [mailto:jw@centraltexasit.com]
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 12:07 AM
> To: ipaq@handhelds.org
> Subject: [iPAQ] iPaq wireless
>
>
> I was just looking at Compaq's wireless bundle promotion:
>
> http://www.directplus.compaq.com/dstore/default.asp?page=confi
> g&ProductLineId=438&FamilyId=816&Base_Id=4018&ciname=DirectPlu
> s_iPAQPPC_3650_32MB_$849_WirelessBundle
>
> Is there any Linux support, official or unofficial for this
> card and service, if not is it planed by anyone?
>
> Of course, I'm going to wait it out for 3G to take over, but
> I like to look into these things in the mean time :-)
>
> ----------------------------------------------------
> Jonathan Wilson
> System Administrator
>
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> Central Texas IT http://www.centraltexasit.com
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Received on Mon Sep 10 03:57:15 2001

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