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Wireless Capability-How can you tell?
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:11 pm
by teamdaddy
Ok, going to show everyone how computer literate I am. How can I tell if my T23 is wireless capable, or rather, if it has a wireless card in it? I know that some have them and some don't. What do I need to look for/at to see if it is? Thanks
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:27 pm
by tfflivemb2
According to the tabook:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/pc/pcinstitu ... awbook.pdf
(look at T23 Fall 2001)
You will see that the 4MU has a modem only and the 4NU has wireless and modem.
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 9:39 pm
by teamdaddy
Ok, next question; can I make mine wireless by putting in a new wireless card?
Posted: Wed Sep 28, 2005 10:31 pm
by Kyocera
If you open the covers on the bottom and you have a slot that resembles a RAM slot only bigger with two wires, you should be upgradable, just did this to my T30, if not you may have to go the PCMCIA way.
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:37 am
by doppelfish
Kyocera wrote:... you should be upgradable ...
so those boxen have the antenna installed anyway? I understand that exchanging/popping in the minipci card is not so much a challenge than getting the antenna into the display lid.
cheers,
-- fish
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 6:25 pm
by Kyocera
Not sure what boxen means? Typo? What I am saying is mine already had the antenna in the machine. It is just a matter of popping in the mini pci card, and plugging in the little antenna, you are correct plugging in the antenna is probably the hardest part. Then load the driver. Think there might be a bios setting too.
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:15 pm
by GomJabbar
When you check, if you do not have the antenna installed already, it is probably more trouble than it is worth.
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 8:59 pm
by teamdaddy
What does the antenna look like? I've TWO cards in there; one that looks like a memory card slot like you said and another smaller card. It looks like there is two wires connected to the bigger of the two.
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 9:07 pm
by Kyocera
Mine had two white wires, one said "main" and the other "aux" or something, with two little tiny plug ins on the end, they were tucked into a little white plastic pouch. You stick the card in then plug in the wires to the card.
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:27 pm
by teamdaddy
No, mine doesn't have that. It has one black "flat" type wire that connects to the card at the corner. There is another one of the same type that connects to the other card. It doesn't look then that it is upgradeable. I think I'll take GomJabbar's advice and not fool with it. Gives me another reason to upgrade computers, eh?
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2005 11:38 pm
by tfflivemb2
Why not just add a PCMCIA wireless card....then you can upgrade easily as technology changes?
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 8:12 am
by doppelfish
Kyocera wrote:Not sure what boxen means
Allow
The Free Online Dictonary help out on
what boxen are. Since ThinkPad laptops were modeled after the
traditional black-lacquered Japanese lunch box, this term applies to them, too (i'd guess). (Hope the first part didn't sound condescending :)
Ooh, and lemme second (third?) the CardBus/PCMCIA solution. I mean, if you check out the installation instructions for the wireless MiniPCI/Antenna combo, they tell you how to route the cables from the display into the bottom case. Those cables should end up where the MiniPCI card(s) are installed. Fom the above, I take it that no additional cables end up there, so i'd venture to guess, "no cables, no antenna".
cheers,
-- fish
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2005 1:59 pm
by Kyocera
Not at all, I learn a thing or two every day!!! I used to have a little 380ED and it felt like a miniature lunchbox. But what a good machine it was!!!