About.com How-To: Home-Networking Your PDA
By Alexander Grundner |
December 2nd, 2004
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About.com has put together an excellent how-to on home-networking your PDA wirelessly. As the writer puts it, “Wireless access in the home might seem like overkill to some, but “Wow!”, what a feeling of freedom without sitting at a desk or having a 200 degree laptop on your legs (wow, that smarts!)! Imagine being anywhere in your house, pulling out your PDA and checking your email or surfing the internet [streaming A/V content using WMP 10 on a Pocket PC]. One of the great pleasures in life is sitting in the backyard reading the news with a nice cigar during the summer. Since many computer users are using wireless networks for their home computers, it’s almost a no-brainer to buy a wireless PDA card.”
What’s unique about this article, besides the subject, is that it’s written for the non-techie, so novice users can easily pick up on the tutorial and be up and running in minutes (advanced users will probably want pass on this one). The only prerequisites are:
- You currently have a computer in your home or office that has high speed internet, either cable or DSL.
- You have a cable/DSL Modem that is attached to your computer through Ethernet cable (usb cable will not work for this equipment)
- You would like to use your PDA anywhere in your home or small office to surf the internet, check your email, etc.
- You have a PDA with a Compact Flash II (CF) expansion slot to accommodate a wireless PDA card (wireless cards for secure digital slots are in the works but not available yet). The card we will be using is designed for Pocket PC. There are also cards available for Palm based PDAs if it has an CF expansion slot.
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