[ltp] Mini-PCI 802.11b on R40?

Sinoros-Szabo Peter linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 5 Dec 2003 20:57:59 +0100


Hi,

Have you bought that IBM 11a/b/g WLAN mini-PCI card? I am planning the
same, so it would be great to know if it works for you. I have the same
R40 :)

Thanks
Peter

On Wed Sep 17 17:54:10 -0400 2003, Mark Carroll wrote:
> Thanks to everyone for the help and the interesting discussion. The
> 31P9701 card (IBM 11a/b/g WLAN mini-PCI) is apparently good for my R40
> (the 2681) and it's based on the Atheros 5212 or some other thing that the
> MADWIFI driver should be able to deal with? I just want to be absolutely
> sure before paying out $100. (-: At least, the online copy of the IBM user
> manual for it describes the R40 as a machine you might be installing it
> in, which is encouraging from the BIOS rejection point of view.