The last time I remember it being discussed, the consensus was that the 7 can't
provide enough power to the pcmcia slot. I could be wrong or out of date.

"Geoff W" wrote in message
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> I have a Wireless network set up at home working principally with two
> desktops and a laptop.
>
> Has anyone managed to link in a Psion 7 to such a network. I would be
> using a Netgear 802.11b Wireless PC Card (MA521)?
>
> Geoff

> >> Has anyone managed to link in a Psion 7 to such a network. I would be
> >> using a Netgear 802.11b Wireless PC Card (MA521)?
> >
> > The last time I remember it being discussed, the consensus was that
> > the 7 can't provide enough power to the pcmcia slot. I could be wrong
> > or out of date.
>
> I'm fairly certain this is wrong (though it does seem to be the common
> consensus).



I bought a Buffalo WLI-PCM-L11GP 11Mbps PC card to try in my 7book
(an early S7 upgraded with a netBook ROM), for web browsing,
knowing that it might not work due to a power availability problem.
(I knew that copying between two CF cards does crash the machine.)

It's actually very reliable. Occasionally it's stubborn to make a connection
at first,
but 95% of the time when I want to surf the web it connects instantly.
(I use a DG834G ADSL router.)

It's excellent being able to use the netBook to do so much without having
to be tethered to a PC all the time (I now have over 1200 databases,
140 MB of them :-)
Battery life is still respectable as well (3.5 hrs surfing even with a well
used 4-5
year old battery and the screen brightness on max).

Paul T