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Netgear MA701 802.11b Wireless Compact Flash Adapter

Made:	Netgear
Media:	Electronics
Sales Rank:	3479
Availability:	Usually ships in 24 hours
Our Price*:	$65.99

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Reliable 40/64 and 128-bit WEP encryption
Roam between 2.4 GHz 802.11b Access Points without resetting or reconfiguring
Works with Pocket PC or other Windows CE-based mobile computers
Works with both Type I and Type II card slots
Supports Ad-hoc and Infrastructure modes

Rating: 3.25/5 from 16 reviews

Strange behavior

Rating: 2/5

First, I tried the card on my iPaq3955 at Starbucks T-Mobile Hotspot. It worked, but the connection dropped about every 3 minutes. Considering the T-Mobile policy (minimum charge of 20 minutes when I was testing it), it is not appropriate.
Second, and the most disappointing, was testing with Netgear's FM-114P router/print server. The card catches the signal (I held the iPaq right next to the antenna), however, it was almost impossible to establish connection. The signal indicator was moving from 0% to 100%, but the link stayed at 0% all the time. The connection with laptop (with Netgear's PC card) was excellent all the time. It is strange because both products (the card and the router) are from the same manufacturer.

This card also works on my Laptop!

Rating: 5/5

Hi,

Yes, MA701 can be used on Laptop computer (just got mine two days ago, some mingling and it was working).
What you need is PCMCIA to CF card adapter (any one of these, found in any electronics store).
Then you have to go to Netgear's website and download MA401CD drivers (those are for MA701's sister Wireless PC Card MA401). Next, unzip them into any new folder created by you.
Put in your CF card into PC Card to CF card adapter and into your laptop.
When selecting drivers, select "Manual driver selection". then select "Display list of all drivers..." in ME, or "Have Disk" in win98 (not sure about XP). Select "Network Adapters" from the left window (before that click on "all hardware" if such button is present), then select "Netgear". In the right window you will see some network adapters by Netgear. Click on "Have disk..." just below the right window, go to the folder where you unzipped
MA401CD, go to MA401, then select the folder that corresponds to your computer's OS. Then in the left window select the file and click OK button.
When they will have a window saying "This devise might not work
properly...", click on Next/OK (do not worry - it will work properly :P).
Voila, now your laptop will recognize the MA701 card as MA401, thus allowing you to connect wirelesly your laptop with the CF card. Most probably you will need to reboot your comp (if they will prompt).
After that, again go to MA401CD folder, then to MA401, then to UTILITY folder and click on Setup.exe to install Configuration Utility, similar to the one that is on your Pocket PC. After that, and after getting it configured to your taste, welcome to wireless!
Sorry that I made it so descriptive, but I believe not all of the people here are computer junkies, so tried to keep it to as much detail as possible...
All in all, I am totally happy with this card, and just changed my rating to 5 stars - plus, it saved me a bunch of money!

Sincerely,

broke and broke again

Rating: 1/5

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.