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31P8301 Cisco Aironet wireless 802.11b MiniPCI by IBM 22P7701 IBM high rate wireless LAN mini PCI in my IBM Thinkpad T30 running Linux. The Cisco doesn't support wireless extensions, but Cisco's website has all the Linux drivers/utilities to get it up and running. I just got the IBM high rate card and it does support wireless extensions to some degree. It uses an Intersil chip I believe. It also uses the orinoco_pci driver under Linux. It works, but I have only had it for two days; I am still working out some issues. I love my T30. 1400x1050 LCD, sound and networking work great under Linux. CDW advertised some sort of deal on my same T30 for about $1700 I think. (I paid $2200) Hope this helps. If you have any specific questions regarding these cards, let me know. Regards, Jason Peterson On Thu, 7 Aug 2003, Chris Beaumont wrote: > Hello wise wireless folks, > > I'm thinking about getting my wife a laptop as a present and I've > pretty much decided on IBM as the brand to buy.. > > Which IBM model has the best 802.11b options available, > performance-wise? Are any of you familiar with them? I know that some > advertise a built-in antenna. What kind of connector does it have and > (if we have to buy a card) is any particular brand of card best to use > with them? > > We will also be using it with Linux as the primary OS, so I need to > verify that the wireless and audio drivers, especially, are supported. > (I know the evil DSP-based modems are probably much more difficult..but > that matters much less.) > > And also, does anyone have any suggestions on where to get the best > deals? We're hoping to keep it under $1500 or so, if possible.. > > Thank you, > Chris > > -- > general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> > [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > -- general wireless list, a bawug thing <http://www.bawug.org/> [un]subscribe: http://lists.bawug.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless
