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2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) apaulo Profile | Email Office Depot (not online, in store only) has the Acer Warplink USB wireless networking kit on clearance for $30. It has 2 usb network receivers/emitters. I took one apart and here is a picture. I intend to mount it in the base. Normally it goes for over a $100. It only does less than 1Mbps. Someone else reported 256kbps, but I have not tried yet. The word is out, so check your local store if you want one. Sku is 479-011. Clearance price is 29.88. Here are some pictures. http://members.home.net/ppachura/warplinktop.jpg http://members.home.net/ppachura/warplinkside.jpg I am sure this hack has been posted before, but not for this price. 12-30-2000 07:39:48

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) starfish Profile http://members.home.net/ppachura/warplinktop.jpg http://members.home.net/ppachura/warplinkside.jpg Hint: Proceed a Link with a "\" (BackSlash) to Make It Clickable ! 12-30-2000 08:23:26

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) dermot Profile | Email Anyone know what kind of chip (kawasaki etc.) the ethernet part uses? Pretty sweet deal. (If the snow melts and I can get there!) 12-30-2000 11:32:54

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Millennium_Falcon Profile | Email The pictures dont come up. They load until 40% and then stop and say "done" but they are not done. 12-30-2000 12:33:18

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) apaulo Profile | Email Blame my cable company for the timeout. Their 'personal web space' sux. I am always getting timeouts when trying to upload pictures there. As for what chip it uses, there is a cypress usb chip, but the ethernet chip seems to be covered by a metal shield. 12-30-2000 12:59:57

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ckbone Profile I managed to get one for the mentioned $30. The software loaded ok in one I-Opener (ME), and another computer (ME). From the I-Opener I can access files ok, and MP3s on the other computer play ok over the network. However, from the other computer, I cannot access large files on the I-O. The other computer crashes when I try to do so. I'll keep trying. Maybe some updated drivers would help. Cute toy..... The sales drone had to be persuaded to look up the sale price. It was marked as $89. They have two left at my local store. 12-30-2000 14:39:09

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Linuxguru Profile | Email Thanks for the heads-up on this one. I found a couple after driving around a bit. The sweet thing about this deal is that there are 2 units in the package, so it's about $16 each (after taxes). Bay Area residents may try their luck at Oakland. I think every valley store is cleaned out (I didn't go to all, but checked on a store computer - which may not be up-to-date. The SKU number comes up as invalid for most stores). It's FHSS, so it's probably similar to the first-generation Proxim symphony units. I doubt that it is 802.11 compliant. It's a very sweet deal for hacking and grafting *inside* an I-Opener. I'll take a look at the feasibility shortly. 12-30-2000 18:40:28

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) apaulo Profile | Email Hey Starfish, that was me you saw in the store. Glad you got one. 12-30-2000 19:26:02

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) 02U2 Profile Seattle area is now out, Wish these were grey instead of white...Match the interior of my car better... 2 per box... 12-30-2000 20:55:01

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) 02U2 Profile PS Linuxguru, You are right about the invalid SKU# most clerks don't even know it exists... 12-30-2000 20:57:33

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) 02U2 Profile Ps again, Western digital 45gig 5400rpm are clearanced @ $99 @ OD. 12-30-2000 20:59:40

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) 02U2 Profile OOPPPSSS, correct that to 40GB. 12-30-2000 21:00:52

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ckbone Profile If anyone gets one of these things working ok on an I-Opener, please post the details. Data coming into the I-Opener is ok....slow but ok. Data leaving the I-Opener causes a hang-up on the other computer, sometimes a crash on both computers. My download of the latest drivers refuses to install on either computer. Good deal...ho, ho, ho. This may be the same VIA/USB problem that other USB network devices experience on the I-Opener. 12-31-2000 10:06:49

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Linuxguru Profile | Email OK, the chipset it uses is the Mitel DE6038 Waverider2 wireless LAN chipset (or parts of it). The WL102B Wireless Data Controller is visible next to the Cypress EZ-USB USB device controller. I imagine that the RF sections of the chipset (the WL800 frequency synthesizer and the WL600C RF/IF circuit) are covered by the RF shield. The interesting thing is that this is a highly configurable controller, and in particular it is possible to implement an 802.11-compliant FHSS radio with it. Unfortunately, 802.11 compliance does not mean interoperability with other manufacturers' devices. The WL102B has an 8051 core to implement some portions of the protocol stacks. You can see the 1 Mbit flash device next to it that probably contains the firmware for the 8051, plus downloadable microcode for some of the DSP cores in the WL102B. This configurability means that Acer could have defined a completely proprietary wireless LAN system which could be near-impossible to interoperate with. Actually, the system could have been made Bluetooth-compliant, if they had so desired. Here's a link to the Mitel datasheet for the wireless data controller. http://www.mitelsemi.com/products/download_details.cgi?partno=WL102B There's probably no point in trying to hack it at the baseband level - this deal was a sweet 'as-is' deal, not as a hackable device. Of course, one can easily transplant it in a variety of Windows boxen and use it as originally intended. 12-31-2000 12:45:46

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) turbobri Profile Too bad it doesn't work with Windows 2000. This is the second USB device I have gotten in the last month that is not supported under W2k. Anyone have a clue if it will work under Linux? 12-31-2000 15:24:05

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) starfish Profile Drivers http://www.acerneweb.net/Html/support/downloads.shtml for Win2k http://www.acerneweb.net/other/wireless/warplink/Warplink-2K.exe Thanks Apaulo for the Heads Up on these. But My Brother talked me out of that one before We were out of the Parking Lot. This Information comes by way of Him. 12-31-2000 16:00:02

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) starfish Profile Watch for Long FileName trucation (8.3 Names) after their Auto-Extraction. Rebuild names from those listed on CD. (Win98 Driver) Drivers http://www.acerneweb.net/Html/support/downloads.shtml 12-31-2000 16:03:57

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) turbobri Profile Thanks for finding the drivers! I had already looked at that site but didn't see them, duh. 12-31-2000 17:57:02

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Gultig Profile So... Has anyone had any luck with Win2K and the downloaded drivers?? I have renamed the files that needed it, still no luck! 01-02-2001 19:14:42

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) apaulo Profile | Email Look here for more info http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=40&threadid=304321 01-02-2001 22:04:07

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ckbone Profile To repeat myself.....Has anyone got these things working well on an I-Opener, any OS? Mine work between other computers, but not with an I-Opener. 01-03-2001 04:34:53

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Knull Profile Hey thanks for the tip. This is a great product with out hacking it. I bought a couple of kits and have one of the usb cards velcro-ed to the back of my laptop and can surf the web and share files anywhere in the house. I have a couple of i-openers and this is going to work great. I found a few kits here in alabama i guess there are not many people in my area that read this forum, or don't care to use wireless. Thanks again keep the tips coming. 01-07-2001 16:23:53

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ckbone Profile I still haven't got one working right with an I-Opener....but on regular computers they work great. I put one inside a regular tower computer, ran the USB cable out a slot to the USB port. It still works fine in the house. 01-07-2001 17:34:25

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Perplexer Profile I've had the WarpLink running fine on my I-Opener for a week or so now. I haven't stress-tested it with large transfers, but it works fine sending an occasional MP3 to the I-Opener or browsing the web from my truck :) No special configuration, I loaded the software on the I-Opener (98lite) and on a PC in the office (Win2K Pro) and they talk fine. Now only if there was a way that the I-Opener could see the other PCs on my network... Could I somehow bind the WarpLink adapter to my NIC in the host PC? 01-07-2001 23:52:10

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ASPguy Profile | Email i guess ckbone and i are the only ones that notice the HUGE problem with these warplink devices not working on the iopener to regular pc. my desktop must have crashed 5 times before i remember ckbone's repeated yell of inquiry on the subject. thank god i didn't pursue to troubleshoot this on my own before rereading this post. was going to reinstall with latest drives but i would guess ckbone have tried that. my desktop freezes when i try to copy and paste a file from it to the iopener. i've tried copying the "sygate" file from my desktop cdrom to the iopener from both machine. everytime it'll freeze and the file wouldn't transfer over. the file is just a 2meg. the iopener cannot see the other computers on the lan that my desktop is connected to through a regular bus and cable. anyone have solved this problem with the iopener? 01-08-2001 23:53:46

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) justme Profile Hi, Well, I missed this thread until this morning, called 2 local Office Depots, both had em in stock. Eventually I decided to clean out the Kingston NY store as they had the most (3 sets). If people are interested the Poughkeepsie NY store had 2 in stock as of this AM. I'd appeciate any feedback from folks who have been using these for a while. 3 sets will work great with the I-Opener contingent I currently have. Thanks for the thread, the cost of $15 a piece these are less than half the price I pay for Linksys 10/100 USB ethernet units from buy.com. Are there Linux drivers for these?? 01-10-2001 20:53:35

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ASPguy Profile | Email this is the downside, the computer with just the warplink device can't see the rest of the other computers that are connected throught he regular cat-5 cable and hub. for example the iopener with just the warplink device can't see the rest of the computers on the lan that the desktop with the warplink device as well as the cat-5 and hub can see. also, i have internet sharing throughout my regular lan using the windows98se internet sharing feature. i can't seem to get sysgate the internet sharing program that came with warplink to work with the microsoft feature. i can get it to work with just the computers having the warplink though, but then the rest of the pcs on the lan would miss that feature. and i can't get the iopener using the warplink to use the microsoft internet sharing feature. whenever i try to copy and past a file from my desktop to the iopener using my desktop or iopener the desktop freezes. ckbone has been inquiring on this problem by himself until i 2nd it. no one else have said much on it. did you know that each of the warplink cost just under $99 each? that's a $200 deal for just $30. what a steal. 01-10-2001 22:21:43

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) justme Profile Hi, Thanks for the reply, did you try W2K at all as the server? It appears to me sygate and W98SE's IP sharing are sorta tacked on solutions to W98 while W2K appears to support IP forwarding more as an intended/thought out consequence of network software design. As to the price, well if they work it's fantastic, I hope to report back in a couple of days my own experience. If they don't the people at OfficeMax said they could be returned within 14 days. It'd be real slick if they can be made to work with my LAN, the cost per system would be less than for most usb ethernet devices. 01-11-2001 08:38:16

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ASPguy Profile | Email Funny what happened when I took my iopener out for the first time at Border's Bookstore the other night. Several people inquired on the iopener capabilities. One of which was how much ram it could hold, I said that i had a 128 sdram chip inside, but i suppose it could be a 256 meg, who knows. They asked where they can buy one. So I told them about ebay and the home shopping network. told them about this community of iopeners enthusiasts. They were somewhat nervous in asking, not knowing exactly what i had in front of me. So it was nice getting the attention and predispositions that I was a pro of the field of computers. After they left, i thought how cool and corny it would be to meet up with other enthusiasts at a similar cafe within a bookstore and help one another hack, setup lans, for the iopener. So the warpLink came into play quite nice. Imagine us playing tribes on a wireless lan across the room with our cappucinnos on the side. Anyhow, this is at most a dream, for i don't think those other enthusiasts within my city of Fresno, California know i've come out of the underground. j/k Anyways.. i can't get this warpLink to transfer files in either way. it just freezes and end up not seeing each other computers until i reboot them. Still, it's a steal for $30. 01-11-2001 13:25:31

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ASPguy Profile | Email Almost forgot, I don't know how windows2000k pro or server would act with the internet sharing for both the regular cat-5 lan pcs and the warplink pcs. I know win98 internet connection doesn't worth for both at the same time, and its' the same for sysgate internet sharing. Will try maybe tonight though. I already have win2k advance server installed but haven't gotten around to installing the drivers. you can get win2k pro and advance server for $128 at microsoft.com as their developers package called the HOT kit. aka hands on training kit. It comes with online tutorial. Pretty cool deal. You can also get microsoft office 2000 premium for $100. 01-11-2001 13:29:06

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) justme Profile Hi, A bit off topic, but I believe the HOT kit deals are long gone (maybe a bit too popular?). I bought into the W2K and Office 2K kits (anyone know if Whistler is available in an open purchase beta?). Ya gotta love getting 3 full versions of W2K in a HOT kit, but the education software was hideous (my cost including shipping and tax was $144 approximetely). 01-12-2001 07:40:22

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) justme Profile Sigh, Good luck with these, my W2K system totally crashed after installing the W2K drivers (after renaming them ) Sigh If anyone has a good experience getting em up under Windows 2000, please reply with some insight! 01-13-2001 08:33:25

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Mitchell Profile | Email i did get mine working. my main win98se machine to iopener running win98se. haven't played with it too much. the connection seems too slow to play mp3s from lan. :( I can surf the web and listen to winamp shoutcast streams though. I hope I can tweak it some. maybe play with mtu? 01-14-2001 01:55:01

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) justme Profile Hi Mitchell, Did you get these working with W2K? That at the moment is my concern 01-14-2001 08:49:12

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Perplexer Profile I may be in the minority, but I got this WarpLink working fine on Win2K Pro on the first shot. In fact, it's running alongside another 2.4GHz USB device with no problems and no interference. It's installed on a cheapo Celeron 466 machine I picked up from myfavoritepc.com for $150. I did have to rename five (?) files from the install package, including the .pdfs for it to install correctly. 01-14-2001 11:31:23

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ASPguy Profile | Email Any of you that have the warplink working on the iopener also have a lan setup on your regular desktop pc? That's the setup i have. my desktop has a lan, and it has the warplink while the win98se iopener has the warplink. either pc freezes in sending files to either side. perplexer, which files did you have to modify to get the warplink to work for win2k iopener? thanks. 01-14-2001 15:22:44

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) mp3boombox Profile | Email Hay i'm looking to get one of these mod's BUT there are no OFFICE depot around where i live period. is there any way/chance someone could pick one up for me and i could repay them VIA paypal??????? I'd cover shipping plus maby a little extra. I'm thinking about making an mp3 player for my CAR out of my IO with no screen. would be cooler then #### to be able to just send my files to the car wireless. granted it would take a while BUT hay took me longer to download the file via a 56k modem. 01-14-2001 15:37:34

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Mitchell Profile | Email ok, network problems now. I initially used ipx protocol, worked great. then tried a netbui and tcp/ip combo, that was ok but large files would stop halfway. then tried just tcp/ip and now they cannot see each other via network neighborhood but warplink util sees each other (must be some setting I have wrong) This is all on win98se, haven't tried any win2k. 01-14-2001 16:25:23

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) justme Profile Hi Perplexer, Hmm ok well 4 pdf files and 1 manual directory name are in error to the best of my recollection, however I also thought at least 2 or 3 other file names were truncated. If you wouldn't mind helping me out a bit here, can you verify the following, 1) You are using the USB version? 2) You are using the drivers downloaded from the ACER site listed near the start of this thread? 3) Have you tried it on an I-Opener as yet? It'd help me out considerably verifying that the USB drivers do work with W2K on some systems, it'd help more to verify if they do work that the drivers I have are the same as the working drivers you have, and it'd be most helpful if you could (or if anyone could) verify operation on an I-Opener. Thanks very much! 01-14-2001 17:22:44

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Perplexer Profile I did use the link above for the Win2K drivers. I am using the USB version on both the desktop machine and on the I-Opener. Here are the files I renamed: USERMA~1 directory to USERMANUAL WARPLI~2.EXE to WARPLINKER.EXE (This could be why mine is working; I left WARPLI~1.EXE file name as-is. WARPLI~2.EXE is the 671KB file) NTINST~1.DLL to NTINSTALL.DLL SYGATE~1.PDF to SYGATEQuickStartGuide.pdf SYGATE~2.PDF to SyGateUserManual.pdf WARPLI~1.PDF to WarpLinkQuickStartGuide.pdf WARPLI~2.PDF to WarpLinkUserManual.pdf I also loaded the drivers on the I-Opener and have accessed the web using Win2K's Internet Connection Sharing, and have also sent some small files back and forth between the two machines. Tomorrow, I'll test a larger file and post the results. mp3boombox: drop me an email, I have an extra set I'll sell at cost plus shipping. sgould-at-telocity-dot-com 01-14-2001 21:56:33

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) YouBecha Profile If anybody else got an xtra set I would love to take it off your hands! http://www.geocities.com/mr_bubba_zanetti/ 01-15-2001 06:37:26

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) YouBecha Profile The folks at the store found a set for me, unboxed. I am using them now, on my Iopener with ICS off a win98 machine. The install was straightforward, and ICS worked after a couple of reboots of the Iopener (for the network settings to arrange themselves) I am about 30 feet from the other transceiver. Also the house has a couple of 2.4 GHz Video Xmiters operating. Win98 will only allow ICS over one network card, is Win2k limited in the same way? If you can find a set, they are fun! http://www.geocities.com/mr_bubba_zanetti/ 01-15-2001 12:05:51

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Mitchell Profile | Email ok, mine is working great now. ipx for file print share and tcp/ip for shared net access using analogx proxy through cable modem the iopener is in living room about 35ft and 2 walls away. solid connection. streaming media and web surfing are great. still wish it was just a bit faster in order to play mp3s off the other machine. anyone know how to tweak their win98 ipx settings? is netbui faster? 01-15-2001 14:31:49

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) YouBecha Profile Okay I just got it running on a win2k machine. I used the same download, only I renamed the warpl~2.exe. (I think...it is the 673K file) You can open it in winzip and see the files are 26 aug 2000, the ~1 files are the exact same age and size as on the CD. After I installed, and once I added the new LAN connection (in properties) I had to install the packet.ini as a protocol for the warplink. I already had a LAN with a regular nic (with ICS) so I had to disable that one (for now) and make the warplink 192.168.0.1 (for ICS). After a couple of reboots to reset the warplink card to the new Ip address, it works, and I am doing this on the Iopener (98SE machine) with ICS through a win2k machine. Only weird part...and probably due to my win2k install...I have to disconnect the warplink card for boot up otherwise win2k reboots at the setting network connections part of the boot. Okay weird part #2. For ICS you set up the modem (in my case) for sharing. Well it wouldn't let me share to the new lan connection, so I had to make a new internet connection, exactly like the first. When I went to sharing on that connection, it now showed both LAN connections and gave me a choice for sharing. Of course what that means is either the Warplink lan gets the internet or the regular lan, but not both. I will probably have to play with server to get both to work (nat). Good luck http://www.geocities.com/mr_bubba_zanetti/ 01-15-2001 16:27:54

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) YouBecha Profile One other thing. I am NOT using or installing sygate. Win98SE and later ICS works great. 01-15-2001 16:33:35

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) BubbaDog56 Profile I bought 3 sets of these when the thread first started, but have decided to go phoneline networking instead. If anyone is interested, I'll let them go for $55 a set first come first serve. Cost includes insured Priority Mail delivery with delivery confirmation, with the remainder of the markup to cover the hassle of driving to 3 different stores (very far apart) to get my hands on them in the first place. Send email to BubbaDog56@ev1.net, if they're not called for in the next couple of days they'll go on eBay. B'Dog 01-15-2001 20:26:15

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) parasyght Profile | Email I have the netgear homephone line network setup between two computers, and ive had nothing but trouble. They suck. Its the hpna 2.0 which is 10mbits version. Do the warplink adaptors work good at all for sharing the net? are they fast enough to stream video and play counter strike( a game)? 01-15-2001 23:02:49

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) YouBecha Profile I don't know about that (gaming), they are only 1Mb (rated, plan on only half that speed), and playing an MP3 maxes out the bandwidth. I was playing 128k mp3s from one side of the house to the other (60' between machines) and I got one or two dropouts. I also had a 2.4 Ghz video transmitter operating at the same time. When the reception on the computer lowered (from 100% to 90%), the dropouts occurred. But it is much faster than a modem, and you can't beat it for price and mobility. The next test is in the car but I am sure it will be fine for file transfer. http://www.geocities.com/mr_bubba_zanetti/ 01-16-2001 07:18:09

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) YouBecha Profile One more note. I just installed it on a WinME machine. It installed as easy as any other OS. The interesting part. WinME ICS has the ability to share the Internet over TWO LAN connections, in my case the regular NIC and the Warplink. The other OS's only allow one network connection to share the Internet connection. 01-16-2001 13:05:51

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) BubbaDog56 Profile Still have one Warplink set left, $55 including USPS Priority Mail shipping. Send email to bubbadog56@ev1.net if interested, otherwise it's on eBay on Monday.... B'Dog 01-19-2001 11:15:43

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Turbo3 Profile I'll take it if it's still available. (Sent you e-mail too). Thanks 01-19-2001 14:05:45

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ASPguy Profile | Email Great, with Turbo3 maybe we can find out why the iopener and desktop would freeze when attempting to transfer over files. 01-20-2001 01:22:02

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) BubbaDog56 Profile Turbo, All yours, that's the last one. Sent you an email w/details. B'Dog 01-20-2001 08:47:37

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Turbo3 Profile Money is in your account. Thanks, I was out of the country when this deal came out and my brother was unable to find it at the local store. 01-20-2001 09:13:52

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ASPguy Profile | Email I think one of the usb devices box is defective. why? cause i would plug it into my desktop or iopener and it wouldn't light up or recognize it. but yet when i plub in the other usb device box it works. the same cables was uses, just differ in the warplink box. anyhow, my office depot is completely out and they can't do an exchange so i'm hopping that acer would replace it for me. 01-21-2001 13:38:51

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ckbone Profile ASPguy.....I thought the same thing. Try this on the one you think is bad. Dis-connect it. Uninstall the Warplink Utility completely. Go into device manager and remove any unknown usb devices. Reboot. Reinstall the software, then plug in the "bad" box.....I'll bet windows finds it now. I think the main problem is completely unstable software/drivers. My main computer seems to be completely confused with the software and regularly "loses" it.....requiring a complete re-install. 01-21-2001 15:41:26

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ASPguy Profile | Email ckbone, okay i'll try uninstall the software. but it still doesn't make sense on why one of the warplink box would work on both computers while the other one wouldn't. it did before though, but not now on either computer using the defective box. i'll try uninstalling the drivers and see where that goes anyways. 01-22-2001 16:25:06

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ckbone Profile I've been having the same problem exactly....it's almost as though Windows is seeing each adapter as a different device....sometimes cannot determine what it is, and comes up with an unknown device. Once it does that, the only fix is an uninstall...and a complete reinstall. Don't move the adapters around....leave them on the machine they were originally installed on. I'm about to throw in the towel.....maybe wait for new drivers. 01-22-2001 17:04:31

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) YouBecha Profile I use Norton utilities to clean up all the windows errors that occur, mostly ActiveX controls. I have not had the problem you describe. My desktop always works fine. The Iopener has issues, but I think it is because I installed winME over top of Win98. http://www.geocities.com/mr_bubba_zanetti/ 01-23-2001 07:27:23

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) mp3boombox Profile | Email heheh think about this, your talking about a wireless network adapter. Now you can use a mor then one of 2 of these togeather. and should all work fine. NOW if you do use more then 2 your talking about small units using radio freqz. Inorder to send information to the different lan units you need to use one of 2 major methods point to point, or broad cast. point to point means its going to send a signal to the other lan unit which only that card will pick up on like standerd wired networking. you recive a signal from the computer or card what ever and the other computer card know's how to address it. Now the borad cast style is more like a cowax entwork. every device picks up on the signal but only the computer being talked to will recive. chances are it works on the second method. Though regardless its transmission is in broad cast mode. ya i'd lean twards these lan cards basicly being cowax cards minus the wires. dont forget EVERY network card regardless of its style has its own identifcation number regardless of age in the past 10 years. Thus making it easyer for networking to go straight to a certian computer. 01-23-2001 20:07:46

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Linuxguru Profile | Email One unopened USB Warplink set (2 units) for sale, $60 (prepaid by USPS MO) including USPS insured priority mail shipping. If there are no takers by Sunday noon Pacific time, it will go on Ebay. I figured I need Linux support, which this doesn't have. 01-26-2001 22:31:13

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Drjay Profile | Email Linuxguru - Hey, I'll take that USB Wireless kit since I missed out on the $30 deal..I called Office Depot and they said that it went back up to $99 on 01/18/01 so I was a day late and a dollar short..but, do you accept paypal? e-mail me @ drjay@conwaycorp.net 01-27-2001 11:05:09

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Linuxguru Profile | Email DrJay: OK, you're first and you can have it. Click on the 'e-mail' link next to the 'profile' link at the top of my post and send me your contact info. Let's take this offline. 01-27-2001 12:05:07

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) YouBecha Profile Here are some interesting things. I have a 2.4G wireless video system, If I have it receiving in the same room as the computers on the weakest video signal (70' away) I can watch the RFI as the wireless modems talk. Nice way to test anyway. Also it works fine on my laptop. I am having problems with the Iopener, and also having problems on my 2k machine. Other than that I can't beat the portability of the units. http://www.geocities.com/mr_bubba_zanetti/ 01-30-2001 11:48:01

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) ZiggyGT Profile I'm having trouble getting my Warplink to work with Cable modem. I have 4 systems on a Ethernet Lan, through a SMA barricade router to the internet through a cable modem. I added a Warplink to one of these and to my Iopener. I can't get the Iopener to see the Internet. I configured the IP addresses to have the same first three fields. I can only "see" the system the Warplink is directly hooked. I see some user are using AnalogX proxy. Help with details of setup. 02-04-2001 19:29:12

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Perplexer Profile This is correct; you'll only "see" the Warplink PC, not the other PCs on your wired LAN. You'll need to install some sort of Internet sharing software (such as ICS in Win98SE/ME/2000 or Sygate which came with the kit) to share your cablemodem with the IO. There may be some roundabout ways to access your other PCs over IP over the internet like FTP or PCAnywhere, but no easy way I can think of. 02-04-2001 22:17:00

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) drasch Profile I was wondering if anyone has seen this available and still on sale. I saw this and went to my local Office Depot to find the manager told me "we dont' sell any acer" products. He was very nice about it, but I was somewhat disappointed. I'd like to buy at least a pair of these usb adapters. Thanks for any info! Does anyone know if the pcmcia cards of the Warplink series have 2000 drivers? drasch@yahoo.com 02-14-2001 00:24:12

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) JohnQPyro Profile You can find the 2 USB Wireless Warlink Units on eBay. I bought mine that way, and paid about $35 for the set. It also comes with SyGate for internet sharing. I have checked the local OD's for them, but I think they clearanced them out awhile ago... I also have (and am using) the isa/pcmcia Card set. It works pretty good in my home. it was a bit more at $49 (again, did it eBay style). As far as drivers, don't expect Win2K Drivers anytime before summer... Or at least thats what I have heard.... I am going to take one of the USB devices apart, and attempt to mount it inside my IO.... Portable, Wireless.... Now all we need is a Good Battery Pack Hack... Any Takers... JQP 02-14-2001 01:43:33

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Linuxguru Profile | Email The last few EBay auctions for the USB Warplink have been closing in the $80 to $100 range, significantly higher than the ISA or PCMCIA cards. Looks like the convenience factor carries a premium. 02-14-2001 12:05:10

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) YouBecha Profile Mine works great on my laptop, great on the desktop (except when running win2k). (I transferred some files to the truck while it was parked in the driveway...would work well for apartment dwellers also) However: Runs poorly and times out, disappears etc on the IO. I have read the stuff about the VIA chip...my USB NIC works great, but the Warplink has issues. Anybody out there with good ideas?...right now I am running ME. http://www.geocities.com/mr_bubba_zanetti/ 02-16-2001 07:05:13

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Mitchell Profile | Email I have been using mine for weeks with great results (not perfect either) win98se on iopener and networked machine. I can stream shoutcast audio to the iopener at 128k 44khz all day without a hiccup. surfing from the iopener is great also. I am happy but wish the speed was a bit higher. 02-17-2001 16:46:30

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) YouBecha Profile I found something interesting...don't know if it will help or not, but here it goes. There is no setup for the network properties, supposidly the warplink software does it automatically... Well I was checking the properties of the adapter in the Windows Network Properties, and found the settings were wrong. So I set it to USA, Default, (computer name), slave (it was already set to slave). Maybe it is luck but I have been streaming mp3s for the last half hour without a problem, when before it would lock up and crash and do all sorts of bad things. Obviously I checked all the other adapters and set them up similarly. We shall see how long this works, but it is already better than before. 02-18-2001 17:23:06

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) Mitchell Profile | Email Here is an email I finally got back from acer neweb about the win2k issue: Hi, We are aware of the problem and will load the correct drivers on our webpage as soon as possible sorry for the inconvience but we will take care of this issue right away. For Common questions and on troubleshooting please refer to this address below: http://www.sygate.com http://www.acerneweb.net Thank You, Randy F. Acer NeWeb Technical Support Specialist http://www.acerneweb.net 1-800-733-2237 ext. 2790 Fax 408-576-1681 - "Correct drivers"? Are the ones on there now the wrong ones? I thought they were just crappy. Well, if nothing else, there is an email address (or an 800 # if you are really up for pestering them <evil grin>) we can use to maybe get more info. 02-26-2001 13:11:09

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) apaulo Profile | Email Here is a source for the isa & pci version of warplink. Only 49.95, not including shipping. http://store.yahoo.com/justdeals/acwar1isaand.html 03-06-2001 11:07:35

RE:2.4 ghz USB wireless networking for $30 (modified 0 times) dermotf Profile | Email Never did spend too much time getting my 2 pairs of these things up and running... Today I decided to look up this thread and I found that a lot of the links from Acer no longer worked. Here is a new download page which has drivers etc. http://www.acerneweb.com/support/download.htm#d-802 08-29-2001 06:20:24

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