Difference between revisions of "ThinkPad 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini Express Adapter"
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=== Hardware switch === | === Hardware switch === | ||
| − | Some ThinkPads have a hardware switch that must be in the '''on''' position for the radio to work, regardless of driver state: | + | Some ThinkPads have a hardware switch that (at least in theory) must be in the '''on''' position for the radio to work, regardless of driver state: |
[[Image:Wireless-switch.png|(ThinkPad R60 radio switch in the ON position)]] | [[Image:Wireless-switch.png|(ThinkPad R60 radio switch in the ON position)]] | ||
| − | (Note: This may not always be the case. On at least | + | (Note: This may not always be the case. On at least two different T60 models, one with Atheros AR5212, using Ubuntu Edgy, Feisty, and Debian Testing, with the MadWifi driver and the other with Fedora 11 Alpha using [[ath5k]], the wireless switch has no effect. Wireless operates with the switch in either position. But there's support for the switch in [[thinkpad-acpi]] which could be used to kill wireless from userland.) |
=== T60 WiFi LED === | === T60 WiFi LED === | ||
Revision as of 22:39, 11 March 2009
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
The latest linux distributions have a driver for this (ath5k) which should automatically be used. However this driver might not be completely stable unless you upgrade to at least 2.6.29.
Alternatively you can use the Madwifi driver. This driver has support for Atheros rev 0x0024 support since svn revision 2360.
OR (not recommended)
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 (at least in theory) 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 two different T60 models, one with Atheros AR5212, using Ubuntu Edgy, Feisty, and Debian Testing, with the MadWifi driver and the other with Fedora 11 Alpha using ath5k, the wireless switch has no effect. Wireless operates with the switch in either position. But there's support for the switch in thinkpad-acpi which could be used to kill wireless from userland.)
T60 WiFi LED
Problem: The WiFi LED on the T60 isn't enabled by default on bootup.
Solution: As root edit /etc/rc.local by adding the following command at the bottom:
echo -n 1 > /proc/sys/dev/wifi0/ledpin;
Save your changes, afterwards on every boot up the WiFi LED will be enabled.
Note:This has been verified on a T60 1953-D7U running Fedora 7 Linux, however this should work on most Laptop-OS configurations.
X61 WiFi LED blink on transfer
Howto make the wifi led blink when there is network traffic. I've only tested this on an X61 with AR5212 802.11abg - AR5BXB6 on Debian/Ubuntu
sysctl -w dev.wifi0.ledpin=1 sysctl -w dev.wifi0.softled=1 //change the 1 to anything 1-9 for a more responsive blink
If you would like for this to occur on boot, add
dev.wifi0.ledpin=1 dev.wifi0.softled=1
to
/etc/sysctl.conf
