<blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<div dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font face="georgia" color="#000000" size="2">KC2MMI \(Jared\)" <</font><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:kc2mmi@verizon.net"><font face="georgia" color="#000000" size="2">
kc2mmi@verizon.net</font></a><font color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="2">> Don, surely you jest? Spend $25-30 on a keyfob-sized WiFi finder and hang that on your belt or computer case. Then spend $500 on whatever PDA makes the best PDA for your needs. Every time you hold a PDA you put $500 and all your data at risk just by dropping it or having it grabbed out of your hands. Doing that just to see if there's WiFi around before you bother pulling out your computer, seems kinda pointless.
</font></font></div></blockquote>
<div dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><font face="georgia" color="#000000" size="2">ROFLMAO! I did spend $25 on the Kensington WiFi Finder keyfob. It was completely unreliable and useless for my needs. I am a U.S. merchant seaman and I travel constantly around the
U.S. and around the world. I needed a convenient method to finding WiFi hotspots without pulling out and setting up my laptop everytime on speculation. There is also the intrinsic purpose of the PDA for business and recreational applications. So, a $500 PDF WiFi finder is not pointless. Using a $500 PDA as a WiFi Finder is a bonus feature to its intended purpose.
</font></div>
<blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<div dir="ltr"><font face="georgia" color="#000000" size="2">Mike Delp </font><a href="mailto:mdelp@wisperisp.com"><font face="georgia" color="#000000" size="2">mdelp@wisperisp.com</font></a><font color="#000000"><font face="georgia" size="2">
Ipaq 3900 series with an expansion sleeve that holds PCMCIA cards; mini-stumbler (PocketPC version of netstumbler); a prism card is 200mw, and a 19db panel antenna kicks it.</font></font></div></blockquote>
<div>
<blockquote dir="ltr" style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">
<p><font face="georgia" size="2">Paul Hendry </font><a href="mailto:paul.hendry@skyline-networks.com"><font face="georgia" size="2">paul.hendry@skyline-networks.com</font></a><br><font face="georgia" size="2">Nokia E70. Is a mobile + VoIP + wifi + runs Symbian which has a couple of stumbler type programs. I have one and it means with a PuTTy for Symbian I can look after my network no matter where I am ;)
</font></p>
<p><font face="georgia" size="2">Marlon K. Schafer <</font><a href="mailto:ooe@odessaoffice.com"><font face="georgia" size="2">ooe@odessaoffice.com</font></a><font face="georgia" size="2">><br>Don't know if it'll work on a pda but this program is very helpful. I use it quite a bit. Won't show non wifi systems, but it sounds like that's all you need it to do. Best one out there. Most wireless ISPs I know use it.
<br></font><a href="http://www.netstumbler.com/"><font face="georgia" size="2">http://www.netstumbler.com/</font></a></p>
<p><a href="mailto:jeff@aerodata.net"><font face="georgia" size="2">jeff@aerodata.net</font></a><br><font face="georgia" size="2">Hi Marlon: Yeap, it will work on a PDA and that is what I use. They call it mini-stumbler but it is similar to netstumbler. PDA I use is a Dell Axim... forgot the model number.
</font></p>
<p><font face="georgia" size="2">"Ralph Fowler" <</font><a href="mailto:rwf@bsrg.org"><font face="georgia" size="2">rwf@bsrg.org</font></a><font face="georgia" size="2">><br>Cingular 8125 (also sold by Verizon, Tmobile (as the MDA) and Sprint): Phone, PDA, WiFi, Bluetooth. No Dongle needed! Awesome. Use Wi Fi Fo Fum because it works like Kismet and detects hidden Aps that don't respond to broadcast pings. Mini Stumbler has to associate before it will show one up. Can't associate if it isn't "open". That's the combination I use and I carry one device for all!
</font></p></blockquote>
<p><font face="georgia" size="2">I was on a Greyhound trip from Norfolk, Virginia to Arkansas when I posted my inquiry. I my internet seach, compare and availability I bought the HP hx2795b Pocket PC. </font></p>
<p><a href="http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/product_detail.do?storeName=storefronts&landing=handhelds&category=handhelds&orderflow=1&product_code=FA676B%23ABA&catLevel=1">http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/product_detail.do?storeName=storefronts&landing=handhelds&category=handhelds&orderflow=1&product_code=FA676B%23ABA&catLevel=1
</a></p>
<div><font size="4"><strong>WiFi Software</strong></font></div>
<div> <strong>Winc (Laptop Wifi Finder & Connectivity Software)</strong></div>
<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://downloads.zdnet.com/download.aspx?&kw=winc&docid=206392" target="_blank">http://downloads.zdnet.com/download.aspx?&kw=winc&docid=206392
</a></div>
<div> </div>
<div>Because I had already downloaded Winc and installed I went ahead and installed PocketWinc on the HP hx2795b Pocket PC PDA.</div>
<div><strong> </strong></div></div>
<div>PocketWinc (PDA WiFi Finder & Connectivity Software)</div>
<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://downloads.zdnet.com/download.aspx?&kw=pocketwinc&docid=206391" target="_blank">http://downloads.zdnet.com/download.aspx?&kw=pocketwinc&docid=206391
</a></div>
<div> </div>
<div>I will check out NetStumbler and Mini-NetStumbler and compare them with Winc and PocketWinc to see which is better with their features.<br> </div>
<div>My next step is to buy the Linksys WCF54G so that I can use the PDA as a WiFi Finder for 802.11g WiFi HotSpots so that I can breakout my laptop to get on the Internet when I travel.<br> </div><font color="#000000">
<div><strong>Linksys Wireless-G Compact Flash Card, WCF54G</strong></div>
<div><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416826419&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper" target="_blank">
http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1115416826419&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper </a> </div>
<div> </div>
<div> </div>
<div>Thank you for your help.</div>
<div> </div>
<div>My next curiosity question is Amateur Radio use of 802.11b and 802.11g WiFi connections. </div>
<div> </div></font>