T-60 wifi card upgrade

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T-60 wifi card upgrade

#1 Post by retired » Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:07 pm

My T-60 has the Atheros ar5bx6 a/b/g card - I'm thinking of installing a 42t0825 - will the newer card be any better under G or is it's only gain acess to N ? Thanks.

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Re: T-60 wifi card upgrade

#2 Post by nforce4max » Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:17 pm

You won't be limited but will have to do the white list on the bios to make it work, once that white list is done you can put anything you want.

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Re: T-60 wifi card upgrade

#3 Post by ajkula66 » Wed Jan 15, 2014 6:21 pm

retired wrote:My T-60 has the Atheros ar5bx6 a/b/g card - I'm thinking of installing a 42t0825 - will the newer card be any better under G or is it's only gain acess to N ? Thanks.
You'll gain access to "N" on both bands, the "rest" of the 42T0825 is essentially the very same card that you already have. The card is already whitelisted, no BIOS hack required.

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Re: T-60 wifi card upgrade

#4 Post by retired » Wed Jan 15, 2014 9:45 pm

Verizon wireless modem, but I travel a lot so I'm using whatever wifi network is available

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Re: T-60 wifi card upgrade

#5 Post by RealBlackStuff » Thu Jan 16, 2014 7:59 am

Get a (half-size + bracket) Intel 6200N or 6300N wifi card instead.
IMHO they beat even the AR5BXB112.
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