On Wed, 2009-07-08 at 22:50 -0400, Jason Riedy wrote: > My Dell D620 refuses to allow the Intel miniPCI cards (at least a > 5350), so does anyone know of WIMAX interfaces that actually work > with D620s? There's a WIMAX network here (Atlanta), but it looks > like I won't be allowed to subscribe to it without having to carry > around a Goldberg-esque contraption that defeats the purpose.
You have a few options: 1) Buy from a vendor that doesn't BIOS-lock slots 2) Hack your bios 3) Buy a vendor-specific card off ebay Obviously, #1 is the easiest. But #3 works if that vendor has ever included WiMAX cards in their products. But often they will lock specific cards to specific models for support reasons. #2 is risky, to say the least. I'm in the same position: I have an HP 2530p, and they BIOS lock both PCI-E minicard slots, so I am stuck with a 5150 and a Gobi. I've tried hacking my BIOS, but the BIOS also rejects cards that provide dual PCI-E/USB interfaces (the WiMAX piece is USB), so I'm SoL. You are too. Dan _______________________________________________ wimax mailing list [email protected] http://lists.linuxwimax.org/listinfo/wimax
