[ltp] Re: Linux WLAN with A30p

Tino Keitel linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 26 Jun 2003 13:55:47 +0200


On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 13:44:24 +0200, Dirk Husemann wrote:
> On 06/26/2003 11:54 AM, Stephan Groß wrote:
> 
> >Am Donnerstag, 26. Juni 2003 11:46 schrieb Tino Keitel:
> > 
> >
> >>On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 11:42:39 +0200, Stephan Groß wrote:
> >>   
> >>
> >>>Am Donnerstag, 26. Juni 2003 11:16 schrieb Tino Keitel:

[...]

> >>>>Is this also true for the A30? I haven't found an antenna when I took a
> >>>>quick look into the MiniPCI bay (2652-3VG).
> >>>>       
> >>>>
> >>>Dunno, but IBM has not placed the antennas in the MiniPCI bay but on both
> >>>sides of the display.
> >>>     
> >>>
> >>Yes, but I thougt there must be some cables from the antenna to the
> >>MiniPCI bay. Well, maybe I'm wrong.
> >>   
> >>
> >
> >Dunno, never looked inside the MiniPCI bay of my T30 ;-)
> >
> > 
> >
> *If *your box is prepared for WLAN than there *is* a pair of cables in 
> the miniPCI bay going to the builtin antennas. If there are no cables 
> it's likely that your box is not prepared for WLAN...

Thanks. Is there another way (www.ibm.com?) to find this out for sure?

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