Thursday, November 2, 2006
External Antenna Hack For Axim x50v and x51v
Posted by Jon Westfall in "ARTICLE" @ 02:15 PM
"Unfortunately, no consumer Pocket PC comes with external Wi-Fi antenna connectors and, as has been pointed out in many of my related articles, the same stands for Compact Flash / Secure Digital / MiniSD / microSD Wi-Fi cards. None of them is known for being able to be hacked either, as opposed to some "hackable" PCMCIA Wi-Fi cards.There have been some hacks for other devices; for example, the iPAQ 4150. They have been, on the other hand, using normally-sized connectors (ones that you can find in Wi-Fi access pointes with detachable antennas) and, therefore, really ugly (and making the headphones socket inaccessible). The x50v / x51v mod, however, is using a mini socket and, therefore, isn't very nice-looking. The x50v / x51v mod is completely different."
Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen has posted on this hack for the Axim x50/51 series that will allow you to hook up your Axim to an external WiFi antenna. Not bad for those of us with hard-to-reach Wifi (I.e. large houses, neighbors that recently moved the AP farther away from your house). If you're an Axim owner with a desire to hack, check it out.
Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen has posted on this hack for the Axim x50/51 series that will allow you to hook up your Axim to an external WiFi antenna. Not bad for those of us with hard-to-reach Wifi (I.e. large houses, neighbors that recently moved the AP farther away from your house). If you're an Axim owner with a desire to hack, check it out.
