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tony6264 · #1 Post by **tony6264** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:45 pm

I just picked up this X22...and I need to know what the port on the side is...there is a little blue button to eject a blank plastic piece....I suspect it is a mini PCI slot but I am not sure...and if it is a mini PCI...how do I know if it has the antenae built in for wireless...it is model number 2662-95U..any help please.

#2 Post by **dorronto** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 8:51 pm

Sounds like the CompactFlash port. Surprise-surprise.. I never used it but it's there for e.g. digital camera downloads if your camera uses compactflash for storage...........

Ron

tony6264 · #3 Post by **tony6264** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:11 pm

I'll be [censored]....that is what it looks like...I think I have a compactflash wireless adapter that I used on an Ipaq...I wonder if it it work on this...I think it should.
thanks

#4 Post by **Harryc** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:29 pm

tony6264 wrote:...how do I know if it has the antenae built in for wireless...it is model number 2662-95U..any help please.

X22's came both in wireless and non-wireless models.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-39710

You have to remove the keyboard (or possibly a cover on the machine bottom) to check for wires around the miniPCI slot(marked aux and main). Also if the base cover is marked with a part number and it is 26P9800, then it is wireless ready.
http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-39693

tony6264 · #5 Post by **tony6264** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:47 pm

I dont see anything with that part number, but there is a sticker with this on it......802.3 MAC Addr ;00 do 59 A8 00 40

#6 Post by **Harryc** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:49 pm

802.3 is wired ethernet. You have to remove a cover to see if the wires are there ... near the miniPCI slot.

tony6264 · #7 Post by **tony6264** » Thu Aug 23, 2007 9:57 pm

where is the mini PCI slot on this?

The Spirit of X21 · #8 Post by **The Spirit of X21** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 2:17 am

You have to remove the keyboard to see the mini-PCI card. The Hardware Maintenance Manual will lead the way. Once that is off, the card will be on the left side of the machine.

qviri · #9 Post by **qviri** » Fri Aug 24, 2007 7:10 am

tony6264 wrote:I think I have a compactflash wireless adapter that I used on an Ipaq...I wonder if it it work on this...I think it should.
thanks

X2*'s Compact Flash slot does support IO, so stuff like Bluetooth and WiFi cards will work.

tony6264 · #10 Post by **tony6264** » Tue Aug 28, 2007 3:39 pm

Thanks for all the help folks....it does NOT have wireless built in...I asked some one in another thread about adding wifi with the under keyboard antenae and wanting to know how well they work.
Anyone have an opinion or one for sale?

thedguy · #11 Post by **thedguy** » Sat Sep 01, 2007 1:46 am

I added in a wifi card to mine. I meant to take some nice pictures and post up how I did it, and screwed it all up.

The wifi card was the cheapest thing I could get on ebay that did B and G and works in linux, but it can't be powered off. The antennae are 1 internal that is layed under the keyboard just above the CF slot, it fits nicely, doesn't move around and gets a surprisingly good signal.

The other antenna is a screw on unit, I bought a pig-tail off ebay and since my wifi-card didn't have a modem in it, I drilled a whole and ran the pigtail through the back and connected to the wifi card. The screw on connect is set in the modem port and held in with a huge amount of superglue (very solid, surprisingly). If I need an extra bit of range I have an external antenna (from a linksys router) I can screw on the back.

If need be I can take some pics.

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