How to install WLAN antenna for R40e? Help!

[CaseyDiamond]

I bought an Atheros wifi mini-pci card (AR5005Gs) for my R40e and it boots fine--no bios problems.

But I'm having troubles finding the info on how to install an internal antenna!

1) I don't see any connection points on the card. Is this because I don't see the connections, or is it because I bought the wrong darn card--and I need to get one that has connectors?

2) If I did buy a card that will work, how does it connect to an antenna? And do I just buy the antenna wires from ebay?

Maybe someone has a diagram or guide sheet or can offer some help? I'd really like to get rid of my full-size PCI card sticking out the side of my Thinkpad!

TIA!!!!!!

~Casey

[CaseyDiamond]

Okay....it looks like I made a rash purchase. My R40e doesn't seem to have pre-installed antenna wires, and it looks like there's only a few mini-lan cards that are going to work well in this laptop.

Can someone help me out here? I don't need a super-incredible wifi set-up . . . just something decent that'll connect to access points that are pretty strong and close by me. (I'm okay with sticking to my full-size PCI card, but I'd prefer an internal set-up)

So.....is anyone pretty familiar with this process: what budget card should I buy, from where, and what's an easy set-up routine?--so I don't have to get all crazy tearing apart my LCD. I'm sure there's a low-price card, and an antenna I can just run under the main board. But I could use a veteran to help me make the right choices.

THANKS!!!!!!!!

~casey

[sjthinkpader]

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.ph ... highlight=

In thread I posted antenna installation procedure for an A3x. You can get the jest of doing it in your R40e.

[CaseyDiamond]

Is there a decently priced card that has WPA capability?

TIA!

~Casey

[sjthinkpader]

Only the oldest 11b cards may not support WPA. All 11g cards should.

[CaseyDiamond]

Any people know a manufacture and model for a card that will work, aside from the IBM-branded ones (too pricey)???

I can do the bios hack.......I'm just struggling to find a very simple thing:

Manufacture and model of a minipci card with WPA and antenna connectors for my R40e. Guess I'll just wait until someone stumbles on this thread.............

~casey