802.11A on a PDA

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Does any one know of a PDA or card that can be used in a PDA that
supports 802.11A?

-Dan

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> What type of PDA? (does it support CF or SD cards?) I have one that only did
> B, but had an SD slot.. Got an SDIO card that supports A/B/G
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Haven't bought the PDA's yet. Just looking for options. Who make a CF
or SFIO 802.11A card?

-Dan

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Dan wrote:
>> What type of PDA? (does it support CF or SD cards?) I have one that
>> only did B, but had an SD slot.. Got an SDIO card that supports A/B/G
>>
>
> Haven't bought the PDA's yet. Just looking for options. Who make a
> CF or SFIO 802.11A card?
>
> -Dan

The PDA is an HP iPAQ 4551 (that does B only, along with bluetooth, but real
handy when traveling, since many hotspots/businesses/hotels etc are B, or at
home- I have a B/G and Bluetooth). The A (actually an a/b/g card) is from
Sandisk. (only used a twice, I do onsite computer repair and the client had
an a) ((And it's SDIO, not SFIO))

My suggestion, would be to rethink a altogether, It only runs at 5Ghz, has a
shorter wavelength, more susceptible to signal attenuation, and only has a
range of about 60 feet. The newer G can do the same speed (54), but have a
range of about 300 feet. With i and j coming down the pike, they will also
be backward compatible to b, but not a... Actually, the newer AP's now, do
all 3 a/b/g, and many pci and cardbus/pcmcia cards do all 3 also... Seems
sort of silly to set up a network that is/will be soon obsolete.