V P wrote:
On 7/2/05, Erle Pereira erle@erlepereira.com wrote:
any one has any idea on how good the reliance pcmcia wireless cdma card is ? And How is the connection ?
Worked with it for 2 days on my client's pc. Works very nicely in Windows and the connection is good. Bandwidth availability unfortunately depends on who else around you is using the service. At the moment, connectivity is good.
Saw the SAP guys using it. They told me it works effectively in small cities also and they have not faced problems with it so far.
More imp... has anyone worked it with linux.. and if so... any issues
The biggest issue is the price. 15K is a very high sum to pay since the same is available on ebay for 3-5K. Unfortunately, I dont think Reliance will allow you to use a card not bought from them.
Incidentally, Tata has the same service and has cut the price from 15K to 10K.
with it ? regards Erle
AFAIK, Reliance uses Sierra Wireless' Aircard 555. The FAQ on Sierra's site has a link to their knowledge base article on how to make it work on Linux. Officially the card is not supported on Linux.
FAQ > http://www.sierrawireless.com/SupportDownload/faq_ac555.asp
Novell / Suse has (I am told) spent significant man-hours and got it working on suse. They may be able to give details on how it gets done. Reliance guys have no idea on linux.
Regards Saswata