Difference between revisions of "ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter"
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[[Image:Wireless-switch.png|(ThinkPad R60 radio switch in the ON position)]] | [[Image:Wireless-switch.png|(ThinkPad R60 radio switch in the ON position)]] | ||
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=== ThinkPads this card may be found in === | === ThinkPads this card may be found in === | ||
Revision as of 12:09, 27 February 2007
ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express AdapterThis is a WiFi Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI Express slot Features
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IBM Partnumbers
IBM Option PN (US): 40Y7026
Linux WiFi driver
Try the Madwifi driver.
OR
get the driver from http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-52527 and use ndiswrapper
Hardware switch
Some ThinkPads have a hardware switch that must be in the on position for the radio to work, regardless of driver state:
(Note: This may not always be the case. On at least one T60, model 2007-62U with Atheros AR5212, running Ubuntu Edgy with the MadWifi driver, the wireless switch has no effect. Wireless operates with the switch in either position. But there's an experimental patch which adds support of the switch to ibm-acpi.)
