802.11n Wireless minipci card for a T4X?

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LPC · #1 Post by **LPC** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:12 pm

Thinking of picking up a N router since my IMac already is aready 802.11n compatable. Are there N cards out there compatable with our T4x's?

aaa · #2 Post by **aaa** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:34 pm

Yes:
http://www.oxfordtec.com/us/MiniPCI-Wir ... index.html

Do a search here, there are a few people that did it. One of the cards there looks larger than normal so you might want to also see which models worked well.

LPC · #3 Post by **LPC** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:32 pm

This is great! The ones I found were over $100! Thanks! I will look more into them.

sktn77a · #4 Post by **sktn77a** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:57 pm

LPC wrote:Are there N cards out there compatable with our T4x's?

Maybe external PCMCIA or USB cards. I'm not aware of anyone that's installed a n - compatible miniPCI card on this forum. If these do work in the T4x (not a given - hardware/BIOS compatibility, antenna compatibility, etc), you'll still have to do the 1802 hack.

gongo2k1 · #5 Post by **gongo2k1** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:48 pm

i'm running the sparklan wmir200 on my x41 with no problems under linux. i haven't tried windows because i don't have it installed.

sjthinkpader · #6 Post by **sjthinkpader** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 11:54 pm

It should work for T40-T42. Getting past the 1802 error is a lot tougher for T43.

I've installed Edimax cards in A31s which are based on the same Ralink RT2860RT chipset as SparkLAN. There are some cards available that are based on Atheros AR5008 chipset.

davidspalding · #7 Post by **davidspalding** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 5:35 pm

While it'd be ideal to have a Mini-PCI card, I took a peek at Lenovo just to see if they offered anything. They've got a Belkin ExpressCard unit, part number 30R6266, for $99.00. (And the T43 has ExpressCard in the top "PC Card" slot.) And a D-link Cardbus unit, part number DWA-652, for $70 or so.

I'd consider those for "Plan B."

sjthinkpader · #8 Post by **sjthinkpader** » Thu Feb 05, 2009 1:57 am

I installed an Atheros 11n miniPCI card in my T42p. It is described in this post.

http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=72343

Obviously it doesn't work for T43s.

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