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I basically got the whole wireless setup so I could use my Dell Axim with the wireless internet. Well I got my PDA not knowing that it came with Pocket PC 2003, I'm new to the PDA scene so I figured its all the same. Well I picked up this card, followed the instructions and to my surprise it did not work. Now I swear by linksys products and I've never had a faulty linksys product, so I did a little research on this card and it turns out that it is not officially supported by Pocket PC 2003 yet.

I Emailed their tech support and they told me that I could try using the beta drivers until they release the fully updated drivers. Well I installed the beta drivers and the card works on occasion. Sometimes I get a good strong signal and can connect until I have to recharge my battery and sometimes it will connect for a few seconds and disconnect or won't connect at all.
I'm hoping that Linksys gets on the ball and gets the fully drivers released because I'm getting tired of having to keep on resetting the Wireless and playing around until it starts working properly. I gave this product a 3 because when it works it's great.

I purchased this card to work with my Zaurus SL-5500 and had a difficult time setting it up. There was a user that gave some advice in a review of the product and made it sound so easy. Well, his method did not work for me. Here is the method that did work.

Hard reboot the system. When the reboot is finished, install the terminal ipk file. Once that is installed, use vi to edit the /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf file. Add an entry that says:

device "prism2_cs"
class "wlan-ng" module "prism2_cs"

at the top of the file. At the end of the file, ad an entry that says this:

card "Linksys WCF12 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card"
version "Linksys", "Wireless CompactFlash Card"
bind "prism2_cs"

Once you have done this, reboot the Zaurus and once it has restarted, insert the WCF12 card. The link light should flash and the ifconfig eth0 should return useful information.

Other than the difficulty that I had setting up the card and getting it to work the first time, I've not had any problems with the WCF12. It's a great card but it's hard to get it setup on the Zaurus if you don't know much about Linux.

Card worked with PPC2002, but when I upgraded my Dell Axim X5 to Windows Mobile 2003, the card stopped working. Have followed all the advice on Linksys' website to no avail. Tech Support does not respond by email or telephone. Try another card with Windows Mobile 2003.