2.4 ghz WiFi ID

[tazntex]

Thank you Mackrackit, you have been very helpful. I have tried the live search prior to posting must be my wording. Again, many thanks.

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[tazntex]

I ordered the MRF24WB0MA with the daughterboard to play with. I thought it would come with more documentation that just the pinout of the board. After seeing a 2009 post on here about this same module that had no replies this is not looking to good.

[Darrel Taylor]

The MRF24WB0MA is a very basic radio module with some encryption hardware.
It does not have a TCP/IP stack built-in, and requires the use of Microchip's TCP/IP stack that is only available in C.

Using it with PBP will be very difficult.

[tazntex]

Thanks Darrel, well thats money down the drain. What would you recommend for something I can see on the pc wireless network that I could broadcast an ID every so often? That would be pretty cool for a fox hunt. But thank you for clarifying the dreadful "C" issue, I assumed automatically that because it was from Microchip....well you now know the rest of the story. Thanks again.

[Darrel Taylor]

Could you clarify what "broadcast an ID every so often?" means.

Modules that can do an "Ad-hock" connection will broadcast it's SSID.
But I'm not sure if that's what you want.

[tazntex]

yes, that would be fine. It would be nice if all I had to do was power up the module and the SSID would broadcast but I would have to time it out so my battery would not be exhausted prematurely. Thanks Darrel

[Darrel Taylor]

Roving Networks, RN-131 or RN-171.
http://www.rovingnetworks.com/products/Wi_Fi_Modules

I'm currently using the 171.