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greg elmassian
04-07-2003, 10:19 PM
There are 2 updates on the sony site today, one is cliefiles 1.1, the other one is an updated wlan drvier...

the BAD news is that whichever one you download, you get the cliefiles 1.1... I've checked the 70 and 60 downloads, same stuff...

sony has been notified, would guess fixed in a day or 2... pretty dumb..

the wlan driver is supposed to give mac addresses of what it finds, and better compatibility with some access points...

no signal strength meter yet (wahh)

Greg
bemick
04-07-2003, 10:36 PM
I installed that file and i can check my MAC address on my unit.
greg elmassian
04-07-2003, 10:46 PM
so can i, and i have not installed the file...

you might re-read my post... mac addresses of other devices it finds, like the mac address of the access point...

notice that the web site says the wlan driver is 32k, and the cliefiles file is 234k.... download the file again... notice? no matter which you download, even though the file names are different, they are the same file! 234k.... check your cliefiles version, you now have version 1.1

my post is correct

greg
bemick
04-07-2003, 11:09 PM
sorry the CF wifi drivers says 1.2 like Sony's site says it should.
greg elmassian
04-07-2003, 11:17 PM
it may say senior member, but seems to be related to you pulling someone's leg.... i hope no one wastes thier time believing you, and you are having a good laugh as you mislead others who read your reply... april first was a few days ago

greg
Hong Kong Nick
04-07-2003, 11:22 PM
Hang on ... I have all these new features and I haven't even installed any of these new drivers! Could it be that the Wireless Connection software (mobile manager) that was mentioned a couple of weeks ago ALSO installs the new WLAN driver?

I have to ask ... excuse me if I sound like a numpty (again!).

Cheers,

Nick
greg elmassian
04-07-2003, 11:27 PM
no

and have you read what the new features are? not much...

once they have the site fixed, it will be nice to at least see the ap mac, since i have two ap's set for roaming

greg
bemick
04-07-2003, 11:50 PM
http://www.cliesource.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10030&perpage=40&pagenumber=2

there is a pic near the bottom
greg elmassian
04-08-2003, 12:05 AM
so you got the file before they took it back... yes, the instructions say version 1.2, the download link says 1.1.3, and it's not there NOW... so my first post is correct... IT IS NOT THERE NOW...

maybe you could respond to the other people who asked you to copy the file and post it... or are you happy you are one of the few that got the file before it was withdrawn?

Greg
n2ifp
04-08-2003, 12:25 AM
I concur, all I get is the wrong file.
greg elmassian
04-08-2003, 12:35 AM
I tried the 60 and 70 updates, all the same...
couldn't find anything at the australia site....
the uk site is really slow...
so we wait...
n2ifp
04-08-2003, 11:19 AM
It's finally working on Sony's site now, it's a 121k download.

http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/support/clie/
greg elmassian
04-08-2003, 09:03 PM
has anyone noticed if anything is different than before? (besides the mac address showing up) my guess is that powersave will now work for more people, and on more ap's

greg
n2ifp
04-08-2003, 09:54 PM
Originally posted by greg elmassian
has anyone noticed if anything is different than before? (besides the mac address showing up) my guess is that powersave will now work for more people, and on more ap's

greg

Neither my brother or myself still cannot connect when PowerSaveOn is checked, even with the new driver. So in that regard it works... :D!