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Date:  Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:31:11 -0400 (EDT)
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From:  "Stanley Sidlov" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
To:  "os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>
Subject: [OS2Wireless] Hawking HWC54D PC Card with HiGain Antenna

On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 08:09:04 -0700, Neil Waldhauer wrote:

>Sorry to overlook that. Here:
>
>ASUS WL330g Pocket Access Point
>
>Article: <http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/past_issues/VNL0305H/vnewsf4.htm>
>
>Web site:
><http://www.asus.com.tw/products4.aspx?l1=12&l2=41&l3=0&model=59&modelmenu=1>
>
>It looks pretty nice. I don't see any capability for an external antenna,
>though.

I got one of these. My wife is just grasping the possibilities of wireless and that we 
actually have it in the house, as she asked me last week if she could sit out on the deck 
with the W330G and her IP phone to the office when she works from home, naturally the 
answer is yes :-).

This device has 2 internal diversity IFA antennas and you can turn the unit for better 
signal strength. The other great advantages are that you can power it from your USB bus so 
in a hotel room with a shortage of convenient plugs, that's a plus. And that it is setup 
to hunt the strongest unencrypted signals automatically with a touch of a button switching 
from network to network. Has a very nice travel case, too. There is a B and a G version of 
this device the difference is $15-20. Might as well get a "G" since it's backwards 
compatible. If you have a base AP that's G you could turn on the WPA security in the base 
station and the W330G and have better encryption even in OS/2. 

One caution, you must have the latest firmware for it to work with OS/2 based web browsers 
for encrypted configurations in all modes. AP mode will display correctly with the old 
firmware, but Client Mode. You must update the firmware to 1.12 in AP mode before you can 
access the Client Mode in OS/2. 



Stan Sidlov
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