[ltp] Re: Wireless card and mouse

[Alex Deucher]

On 1/16/07, Anthony J Moulen <ajmoulen@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> On Tuesday 16 January 2007 00:40, Daniel Maier wrote:
> > On Mon, Jan 15, 2007 at 11:57:41PM +0000, Richard Neill wrote:
> > > 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.
> >
> > Who needs a modem? Are there really cards offering Wifi + lan?
> >
> > Regards, nusse.
> I am not sure this is true, I have a T40 and I have wireless, lan and a modem.
> I am not positive that the minpci controls all of these, I thought it was
> just the lan and wireless.  One thing I did find though is that I was wrong,
> the mini-pci controller was in the bottom of my old T20 not my T40, the T40
> has the mini-pci under the wrist rest, which requires about 6 screws to open
> and is a little more involved than the old model.
>

The newer thinkpads use LOM for Ethernet and CDC for modem/bluetooth,
so the mini-pci card is free for wifi, etc.

Alex