Stumblin' Setup

nafrance · 08-27-2002

Hi all!
Posted some results in the 'Other Stumblers' section, and promised to add my setup here.

So far, only the lappy and card, but i will hopefully get a pigtail and external ant. as soon as I can! (its a tad difficult when you live in the UK and dont have any way to pay in US $ though!)

Card: Dell Truemobile 1150 PC Card (rebadged Orinoco Gold I believe). Purchased of eBay for around £40. Bargain.

Laptop: Bit special this. Was given to me by a friend who works in a large multi-nation company. It was bought in Malaysia I think, but was no use to him because of the Jap '95 install and lack of english docs. or a CD-Drive.

NEC Mobio NX, Pentium 120MHZ MMX, 32MB ram, 1Gb hdd. PC card slot, IR, docking station, battery and floppy. Runs win98 / PeanutLinux.
Netstumbler works fantastically, ran with card the first time!

I plug headphones in, drop it in a bag, and walk around town! I dont drive, but still pick up a lot of APs on the bus and on my walks.

Oh, and well done on the great community here - good advice, friendly users....keep it up!!

Nick

The Others · 08-27-2002

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its a tad difficult when you live in the UK and dont have any way to pay in US $ though!

Tell me about it, give fab-corp.com an email and ask about a stumbler special, that should save you ome money.

I can't believe how slowly its taking to catch on in the UK. Oh well, I guess we're a bit smaller than than the US.

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still pick up a lot of APs on the bus

As soon as I get my omni I'm going to try this. Buses go down so many side streets and subburban areas that I can't be arsed to. Like just this afternoon I found a great AP really close to my house that I'd never seen before just because it was tucked away far from any decent road. If i was in a bus I'd go through loads of places like that.

Finaly, that is one nice laptop.

fishd · 08-28-2002

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but i will hopefully get a pigtail and external ant. as soon as I can! (its a tad difficult when you live in the UK and dont have any way to pay in US $ though!)

Um, I live in the UK and www.mobilemarkeurope.com sold me a 5dB Mag-mount omni for £27.95 +VAT and I got stung for £34.95 +VAT for the pigtail from www.unwired.co.uk both an in the UK, both arrived within 2 days.

nafrance · 08-28-2002

Cheers fishd!
mobilemarkeurope's website seems to be out of commission at the moment, but at least there is hope for the UK-dwelling non-credit-card owners!!

Nick

08-27-2002	#1 (permalink)
nafrance Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 3	Stumblin' Setup Hi all! Posted some results in the 'Other Stumblers' section, and promised to add my setup here. So far, only the lappy and card, but i will hopefully get a pigtail and external ant. as soon as I can! (its a tad difficult when you live in the UK and dont have any way to pay in US $ though!) Card: Dell Truemobile 1150 PC Card (rebadged Orinoco Gold I believe). Purchased of eBay for around £40. Bargain. Laptop: Bit special this. Was given to me by a friend who works in a large multi-nation company. It was bought in Malaysia I think, but was no use to him because of the Jap '95 install and lack of english docs. or a CD-Drive. NEC Mobio NX, Pentium 120MHZ MMX, 32MB ram, 1Gb hdd. PC card slot, IR, docking station, battery and floppy. Runs win98 / PeanutLinux. Netstumbler works fantastically, ran with card the first time! I plug headphones in, drop it in a bag, and walk around town! I dont drive, but still pick up a lot of APs on the bus and on my walks. Oh, and well done on the great community here - good advice, friendly users....keep it up!! Nick

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08-28-2002	#4 (permalink)
nafrance Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Manchester, UK Posts: 3	Cheers fishd! mobilemarkeurope's website seems to be out of commission at the moment, but at least there is hope for the UK-dwelling non-credit-card owners!! Nick