From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 12 23:58:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6BF1916A4D0 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:58:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from bache.ece.cmu.edu (BACHE.ECE.CMU.EDU [128.2.129.23]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3114B43D1F for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:58:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from allbery@ece.cmu.edu) Received: from [10.9.204.1] (dsl093-061-215.pit1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.61.215]) by bache.ece.cmu.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 931642F5; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:58:26 -0400 (EDT) From: "Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH" To: jesse@wingnet.net In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1087084705.24305.3.camel@rushlight.kf8nh.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 19:58:25 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: thinkpad miniPCI wireless B -> G upgrade? X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 23:58:52 -0000 On Sat, 2004-06-12 at 19:49, Jesse Guardiani wrote: > Has anyone ever tried upgrading their internal 802.11b > miniPCI card to 802.11g before? Same frequency band, so > the built-in antennae should work, right? Yes. Make sure IBM specifies it as a supported card, though; IBM has checks in the BIOS of many of its Thinkpads to make the machine refuse to boot ("Unsupported card" error during POST). (You can't upgrade the wireless miniPCI card in a T30, for example.) -- brandon s. allbery [linux,solaris,freebsd,perl] allbery@kf8nh.com system administrator [WAY too many hats] allbery@ece.cmu.edu electrical and computer engineering, carnegie mellon univ. KF8NH