05-05-2007, 11:38 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 5
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AXIM X3 (BASIC) - CAN SURF WIFI SD CARD ONLY WHILE CONNCTD 2 PC!
Hi. I own a Dell AXIM X3 BASIC Pocket PC. I just bought a generic SD Wifi Card, properly installed the DRIVERS for it, then, inserted the WiFi Card, and Voila, I can surf the internet on the POCKET PC. However...ONLY WHILE THE PDA IS CONNECTED TO MY DESKTOP PC AND MS ACTIVESYNC RUNNING! Sigh.
The second I disconnect the Cable (USB to PC & connector to AXIM) and the MS ACTIVESYNC is disconnected--in other words, I am now Wireless, I CAN NOT ANY LONGER SURF--PERIOD! I can see the Wireless Networks whereever I travel with the unit, and the unit shows it CONNECTING AND THEN, CONNECTED! Still, I then click MS Pocket Internet Explorer to surf, and NADA. It just says the site cannot be found or something like that.
When I'm mobile on the road, my card finds ALL the usual NETWORKS I find and use on my laptop, it even connects automatically (shows such anyway) but I invariably receive either the message "cannot connect to the internet" or "cannot locate website" OR on occasion after I fiddle with the settings, cannot find ip information or something like that. Bottom line is that the wifi card works ONLY WHILE CONNECTED TO DESKTOP PC with ACTIVESYNC. Why? My laptop has a wifi card inside, and I simply connect to UNSECURED NETWORKS and voila, I click IE and I am off and running. I expected I could do same with this now that I have the WiFi card.
As to the version of Pocket PC Windows I'm using, it says "Microsoft Pocket PC, Version 4.20.1081 (Build 13100) 1996-2003" 400 Mhz Processor "Intel PXA263", 64 megs memory. I don't know what this means as to version, but I thought it was Mobile Windows 2003 or 5.0? Please correct me if i'm wrong, but I believe it's Windows Mobile 5.0.
What am I missing? Please someone help me! Otherwise, I am stuck with a perfectly good NEW AXIM X3 with which I can Surf the internet ONLY WITH WIRES CONNECTING DESKTOP TO AXIM. Sigh. I so looked forward to surfing with my pda. Could someone please, kindly indulge this NEWBIE to Pocket PCs and take me through the process of setting this wireless up so I can use it on the road, for example, or at hotspots, much the way one uses one's Laptop wifi? I would be eternally grateful. I know I CAN surf with this unit wirelessly but I MUST be missing something. I do not know what, and you people are my last hope. Thank You Very Much in advance. Here's hoping! P.S. Please feel free to contact me at [email protected] if you prefer. :cry:
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