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WTB: European Atheros A/B/G II Mini-PCI card 39T0357
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:20 pm
by ulrich.von.lich
FRU# 39T0357 or 93P4264 ONLY
I have a US card (FRU# 39T0355 aka 93P4262) in my ThinkPad but it doesn't work well in Europe. It cannot connect to channel 12 and 13.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_WLAN_channels
So if you happen to have such a card and to be willing to sell it, please PM me with your offer. Thanks!
Regards,
Tony
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 4:35 pm
by ajkula66
You can enable your existing card...it's all there in XP...enabling channels etc...Google it a bit and you'll find your answer...
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:16 pm
by ulrich.von.lich
Hi George, thanks for the reply!
Actually I've done enough searches and it seems there is some kind of workaround for the Intel cards (firmware update) but nobody has ever succeeded to enable the extra channels on an Atheros card. I've looked everywhere in Windows XP (including the registry) but couldn't find anything helpful.
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=
http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... el++enable
I don't see the point of these regional restrictions. But I guess I'm stuck here looking for the European version of the card...
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:33 pm
by ajkula66
Let me dip my nose in my wife's T42p and see what I come up with...that will be later tonight...
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 5:48 pm
by Johan
Tony:
Did you see the thread
Using 11 A/B/G Wireless Lan MINIPCI Adapter II 73P4301 in EU - see the post by
DeDragonSlayer of Dec 20, 2005 5:26 pm ; there it is claimed to be possible to get the 93P4262 to utilize all European channels!?! Seems a bit complicated though, and one of the necessary links are broken (Google?)...
Best regards,
Johan