Netgear MA701 802.11b Wireless Compact Flash Adapter

Average customer rating: 3.5

Best wireless adapter in the house.
broke and broke again
NETGEAR MA701 802.11b Wireless Compact Flash card on your Z
Works great!
Very unreliable

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Netgear MA701 802.11b Wireless Compact Flash Adapter

Manufacturer: Netgear
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00006B9HN

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Product Description

If you're a mobile professional using a Pocket PC or other Windows CE-based mobile computer, NETGEAR's MA701 Compact Flash Card gives handheld devices a new level of connectivity. Send and receive e-mail, synchronize with your notebook computer, and browse the Internet from the palm of your hand. The MA701 provides connectivity to enterprise and public IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN systems for access to the Internet, e-mail and corporate servers. It enables you to work wherever you are most productive - in a conference room, on the road, in a coffee shop, a hotel or at the airport. Versatile design supports Pocket or Handheld PCs with Windows CE 2.11, 3.0 or higher with either Type I or Type II card slot.

Amazon.com Product Description

If you're a mobile professional using a Pocket PC or other Windows CE-based mobile computer, you'll want to get hold of Netgear's MA701 CompactFlash card. It gives handheld devices a new level of connectivity and versatility. Slip it into either a Type I or Type II card slot on your handheld device and you can send and receive e-mail, wirelessly synchronize with your notebook computer, and browse the Internet--all from the palm of your hand. The indispensable MA701 delivers the ultimate in convenience to enterprise and public IEEE 802.11b wireless LAN systems for access to the Internet, e-mail, and corporate servers. Now you can work wherever you're most productive--in a conference room, on the road, in a coffee shop or hotel, or at the airport. The reliable MA701 protects your privacy with 40/64- and 128-bit WEP encryption and allows you to roam between 802.11b access points without resetting or reconfiguring.

The MA701 lets you make the most of your wireless network by giving you the freedom to roam throughout the office and stay connected. It plugs into your PDA so you can immediately share data, printers, or high-speed Internet access over your existing 802.11b wireless network at speeds up to 11 Mbps at distances as great as 500 feet (150 meters).

The ability to work on the road or away from the office or school is becoming more important to today's mobile computer user. Netgear's MA701 lets you take full advantage of public hot spots--such as coffee shops, hotels, shopping malls, and airports--as they increasingly offer wireless Internet access based on the Wi-Fi 802.11b standard.

The MA701 features built-in flexibility. It works with both Type I and Type II card slots. User-friendly software guides you smoothly through installation and configuration. Auto fallback automatically adjusts the speed of the adapter according to its distance from the access point. The MA701 supports both ad-hoc mode (for point-to-point wireless networks) and infrastructure mode (using your existing 802.11b wireless access point), and is compatible with Windows CE 2.11, 3.0, and later.

Hardware-based, secure 40/64- and 128-bit WEP encryption provides shielded data communication across the network without degrading network performance.

Thorough testing ensures quality and dependable operability, and Netgear backs this up with a three-year limited warranty. Upgradeable firmware allows for future enhancements.

Customer Reviews:

Best wireless adapter in the house........2005-04-10

This adapter works better than any of the adapters on my desktops or laptop. I get excellent reception anywhere in the house as well as the garage and backyard. I adapted it to an old laptop (based on a review here on Amazon) and it worked better than any other. I use it in a Dell Axim X5. Highly recommended.

broke and broke again.......2004-04-13

I bought this card in early November, the first one quit working within a month, Netgear warrantied it, but now 3 and a half months later the new card is having the same problem. I expect it to quit working altogether soon. I know it is the card not my pda because I also have a CF GPS that has never given me a problem. I won't buy Netgear again when I replace this card.

NETGEAR MA701 802.11b Wireless Compact Flash card on your Z.......2004-01-08

I have to say that if you are out there for a compact flash wireless network card and have a Linux PDA such as Sharp Zaurus SL5x00 Personal Mobile Tool, then this card may just be what you are looking for. This battery hungry monster will work right out of the box without any need for additional software or drivers and what not. If all you care about is compatibility this card will eat-u your batteries in about 4 hours(fully charged brand new Sharp Zaurus). It makes me charge my Z every 4 hours or so. I usually charge my Z every couple of days or so. Not when on the network. So. MA701 does not use a Prism2 chipset and eats up the battery on my PDA if it was honey to mad Grisly Bear. My assumption is that this card is designed for a laptop user with more powerful batteries then PDA user is able to have but other then battery life while using this card I am very pleased with its performance and can't say that it's a bad product. So if you got extra batteries and need Linux compatibility on your Z this is the card that will allow you to have your Instant Messaging and all the Internet you can allow yourself to grasp with your mobile, or personal mobile pc.

Works great!.......2003-09-25

I've been using this card for about a year now and haven't ever had any problems with it. First used it with my Audiovox Maestro and now my Dell Axim. I can go outside, to the garage, or anywhere else in the house and never lose my connection. Great product!

Very unreliable.......2003-08-28

When I first got this card I had a jornada 568 (pocket pc 2002). After a few weeks of it working fine, my pda stopped recognizing it saying "Unrecognized card". I RMAed it and when I got the replacement it worked for just long enough for my warranty to run out and then did the same thing, by this time I had a pocket pc 2003 device (axim). I don't recommend this card to anyone, as 2 bad cards in a row is terribly unreliable.

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