[ltp] Re: Wireless card and mouse

[Richard Neill]

Anthony J Moulen wrote:
> On Monday 15 January 2007 17:55, Richard Neill wrote:
>> RICHARD CARTER wrote:
>>> Hi Folks,
>>>
>>> I have ordered a refurbished Thinkpad T40 on which I plan to install
>>> Mandriva 2007 Powerpack.  I will want to connect to the internet via my
>>> D-Link DI-524 router.  However  the machine, it when comes,  will not
>>> have a wireless card installed.  Can anyone advice me of products which
>>> would work without taking the machine apart?
>> You probably don't want to install an internal mini-pci card anyway,
>> since you'll lose your LAN if you do.
> 
> WHY?I think I am missing something here, there shouldn't be a problem with 
> installing a compatible minipci device assuming that the unit has the antenna 
> installed. And minipci cards on T40s are easy to install, they go into the 
> bottom of the unit just remove one screw, pop out the old one and pop in the 
> new one.  Buy the card from IBM/Lenovo and you should be all set. 
> 

Well, there are no mini-pci cards that do all of Wifi + LAN + Modem. 
You'd have to sacrifice at least one, which seems like a waste.

Richard


> There is also a wireless G device for the T4x series, not sure if there is one 
> that works with the T40.