Wireless Network Adapters
This document covers integrated Wi-Fi (802.11 Wireless) devices (so called MiniPCI cards). It does not cover either PCMCIA or USB adapters.
Contents
- 1 IBM a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter
- 2 IBM a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II
- 3 IBM Dual-Band 802.11a/b Wi-Fi Wireless Mini PCI adapter
- 4 IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter
- 5 IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter
- 6 Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter
- 7 Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI adapter
- 8 Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b Mini PCI
- 9 Unsupported MiniPCI adapter
IBM a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter
PCI ID: 168c:1014
Chipset: Atheros
Driver: madwifi
IBM a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II
IBM Dual-Band 802.11a/b Wi-Fi Wireless Mini PCI adapter
IBM 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter
IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter
PCI ID: 1260:3873
Chipset: Prism 2.5
Drivers: orinoco_pci or hostap
Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Mini-PCI Adapter
PCI ID: 8086:4220
Chipset: Intel
Driver: ipw2200
Intel PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI adapter
PCI ID: 8086:1043
Chipset: Intel
Driver: ipw2100
Cisco Aironet Wireless 802.11b Mini PCI
Unsupported MiniPCI adapter
Although the MiniPCI slot is an industry standard and can accept any MiniPCI adapter, the IBM BIOS is set to only allow you to boot with a 'supported' adapter installed. Attempts to install an unsupported card will result in the following message:
1802: Unauthorized network card is plugged in - Power off and remove the miniPCI network card.
The reason for this is that the combination of MiniPCI card and the integrated antenna in the ThinkPad needs to be certified by the US FCC (Federal Communications Committee).
