can i? (1 Viewer)

[skip to my lou]

hmm im contemplating about buying a pocketpc for myself but i just wanted to make sure whether or not i can connect wirelessly at uts with it?!

i mean, the one im looking at buying is the HP IPAQ 5500...it has inbuilt 802.11b so im assuming i can
but it says nothing on the wireless website about pocketpcs...

so yeah..can i?

edit: this is more directed at the IT pplz, but feel free to reply if you're not

 

[jase_]

One of my friends has that pocket PC. Considering you need to download software and login to use the UTS wireless connection then I don't think it will work. It's best to try the ITD Help Desk. My friend got it working at USyd I think.

 

[skip to my lou]

oh i found where it is:

http://www.itd.uts.edu.au/wireless/wireless_mdudownload.html

"Unix/Linux and PDA MDU will be available very soon! Please watch this space."

 

[Lexicographer]

Yeah it depends on the OS. What OS does your HP use?

 

[skip to my lou]

windows CE me thinks

its a pocketpc tho..so i dunno

 

[Lexicographer]

Interesting...I just took a quick look at the wireless site www.wireless.uts.edu.au and there's no mention of WinCE at all. I guess you should check at the desk?

 

[skip to my lou]

yeah i know. ill ask monday or something.

 

[Lexicographer]

That's crap. I've been eyeing the Sony Clis for a while on the assumption that I'll be able to WiFi at uni with them...

Guess I'll have to check too eh.

 

[skip to my lou]

im getting one neways coz its cool
lol

but yeah itd be heaps heaps better if i could use it at uts

but like i said..according to the website...its very soon! i mean, it told us to "watch this space"!!!

 

[skip to my lou]

ah ok i emailed them about compatibility and i got a reply.

they told me that any handheld runnng pocketpc 2003 should be compatible...so yeah!

my h5550 comes in a couple of days...w00t!