T60 ( 2007-VEH) Atheros abgn - WLAN Driver for Vista?

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Lacos · #1 Post by **Lacos** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 2:52 am

Hi all.. I own a T60 based on Model 2007-CTO , but it not includs an intel wlan card. The card's name is Atheros abgn WLAN.. I cant find any Vista drivers on the lenovo site..

Anyone could help me please?

Thnak you very very much,
Lacos

phil81uk · #2 Post by **phil81uk** » Sat Jan 27, 2007 11:07 am

Hi. My T60 uses a different Wireless hardware and it too didn't work. I installed the driver from the Lenovo website and still no luck! Then, a day later, Vista automatically downloaded the driver for me. Now all works fine.

mtomd · #3 Post by **mtomd** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 5:04 pm

I have the same wireless Atheros ABGN card with the same question. I want to install Vista, but I don't see a driver for the wireless card on the Lenovo website. If I install vista, will the wireless work? Does Microsoft have a driver that will work with it?

dfumento · #4 Post by **dfumento** » Sun Feb 04, 2007 9:47 pm

Read the sticky about Vista Drivers at the beginning of this Vista forum for your answer. I too have the Atheros a/b/g/n and I am running Vista Ultimate typing to you through that wireless connection.

ghosh9691 · #5 Post by **ghosh9691** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 9:07 am

You need to use the drivers from Lenovo marked for the ThinkPad wireless (a/b/g/n). This is the same as the Atheros card. The ThinkPad wireless is Lenovo's marketing name for the Atheros chipset. The drivers are available on the Lenovo website...

dfumento · #6 Post by **dfumento** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 12:13 pm

ghosh9691 wrote:You need to use the drivers from Lenovo marked for the ThinkPad wireless (a/b/g/n). This is the same as the Atheros card. The ThinkPad wireless is Lenovo's marketing name for the Atheros chipset. The drivers are available on the Lenovo website...

There are no Vista for the Atheros 802.11 a/b/g/n available. Check the link for Vista drivers in my posting http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?t=37125 and you will see. That is why you need to use the ones Windows provides with Windows update. These drivers do work because I have been using them.

mtomd · #7 Post by **mtomd** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 1:23 pm

dfumento wrote:Read the sticky about Vista Drivers at the beginning of this Vista forum for your answer. I too have the Atheros a/b/g/n and I am running Vista Ultimate typing to you through that wireless connection.

Thanks. That is all I wanted to know. I just didn't want to install Vista this weekend and then have to uninstall it because there weren't drivers available.

Lacos · #8 Post by **Lacos** » Mon Feb 05, 2007 3:05 pm

THAT'S NOT TRUE !!!!!

I uninstalled the xp Driver i used and started Windows Update.. Windows Update did not find any Vista Driver!!!

So i had to install the xp-Driver again..

->> LENOVO shame on you ! Shame on you to sell a notebook called Vista-Premium-Ready and dont provide such important WLAN Drivers... Shame on you Lenovo !!

(Wisch i had Intel WLAN inside.. )

Lacos

snife · #9 Post by **snife** » Wed Feb 07, 2007 8:55 pm

You don't wish you had the Intel card installed - the Atheros card is far superior, my only complaint about it is that it is hard to get the specs I want with that card installed as the waste majority of systems have the Intel card due to Intel's marketing might.

I know that Lenovo had intended to launch the driver on the 30 Jan with the others but there have been various issues with this driver which they are trying to resolve; I understand the situation is not ideal but they will release their own driver soon and I think it is actually a testiment to the quality testing that Lenovo do before releasing; i'm sure you would rather wait a couple of weeks for a stable driver than them releasing a buggy one just to have released one.

Lacos · #10 Post by **Lacos** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 1:53 am

Why is the Atheros Card superior? Ok it hat the 802.11n Standard build inside, but i dont care.. Are there any advantages compared to intel?

dfumento · #11 Post by **dfumento** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:04 am

Lacos wrote:THAT'S NOT TRUE !!!!!

I uninstalled the xp Driver i used and started Windows Update.. Windows Update did not find any Vista Driver!!!

This is directly from the Windows Update History Page:

Atheros Communications Inc. - Networking - 11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter

Installation date: ‎1/‎31/‎2007 10:57 PM

Installation status: Successful

Update type: Optional

Atheros Communications Inc. Networking sofware update released in January, 2007

More information:
http://winqual.microsoft.com/support/?driverid=20030952

More information:
http://support.microsoft.com/select/?target=hub

snife · #12 Post by **snife** » Thu Feb 08, 2007 4:40 am

Lacos wrote:Why is the Atheros Card superior? Ok it hat the 802.11n Standard build inside, but i dont care.. Are there any advantages compared to intel?

Yes, all the atheros cards are superior to their Intel equivalents you may not notice any problems if your using some basic security and you have a good network setup but for the more complex security setups the Intel card is much more flaky, the atheros cards tend just to work as intended and generally have better connections.

Lacos · #13 Post by **Lacos** » Sun Feb 11, 2007 3:39 am

http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site. ... MIGR-67351

DRIVER ARRIVERD !!!!

T60 ( 2007-VEH) Atheros abgn - WLAN Driver for Vista?

T60 ( 2007-VEH) Atheros abgn - WLAN Driver for Vista?

Atheros a/b/g/n == ThinkPad Wireless a/b/g/n

Re: Atheros a/b/g/n == ThinkPad Wireless a/b/g/n

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