Re: [OT] working mini-pci wlan cards in thinkpads

[Hollis Blanchard]

On Tuesday, Dec 16, 2003, at 17:10 US/Central, Joel Jaeggli wrote:
> On Monday, Dec 15, 2003, at 18:03 US/Central, Disconnect wrote:
> > And yet I was able to call dell and just order an older card to go in
> > my Inspiron.  (A standard 802.11b card; orinoco on a pci->cardbus 
> > bridge.)
> > The only regulatory info they mentioned was including a pack of the
> > certified-by stickers to replace the ones that were on the laptop from
> > the original card.
>
> the truemobile 1150 is just an off the shelf avaya/agere/orinoco/proxim
> minipci card... I happen to have one with an acer label in my inspiron
> 4150 but since they all have the same fcc id they were all made by 
> agere.

Thanks for the recommendation! I installed a Dell Truemobile 1150 in a 
(gift) Thinkpad R40 last week. Worked perfectly in WinXP and Knoppix 
3.3, no fussing with (PrismII) drivers in either case.

Also, the antenna leads were plenty long enough, and I didn't see any 
BIOS authorization problems (as mentioned at 
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0312.2/0147.html).

--
Hollis Blanchard
IBM Linux Technology Center

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