[Thinkpad] Re: T23 WiFi Upgrade?

Hello,

I had occasion to use an SMC Networks' EZ Connect 2.5GHZ 11 Mbps Wireless
Cardbus Adapter (Model No: SMC2635W) and it worked flawlessly with my IBM
ThinkPad T23 (2648-LU7) running Microsoft Windows XP Professional Edition
SP-1.

It was purchased from Micro Center's store in Sunnyvale, CA. They also
sell it on their web site at

   <http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.phtml?product_id=159213>

for $35.00 with a rebate form for $15.00 off bringing the cost down to $20.00.

   <http://www.microcenter.com/rebate_show.phtml?id=5655>

When I purchased at the store they had a $10.00 "instant savings" which brought
the cost down to $10.00.

As a matter of fact when testing with Proxim ORiNOCO AP-1000 and RG-1000
access points it gets a stronger signal than my Proxim ORiNOCO ComboCard
11a/b/g. Its "hump" antenna is smaller than the older Proxim ORiNOCO Gold
PC Card's and it does not have an external antenna connector. It does fit
in one of the old ORiNOCO PC Card transport shells, though. For $10.00 it
is not a bad "backup" WiFi card.

No connection with Micro Center or SMC other than being a happy customer. :-)

Regards,

Aryeh Goretsky

At 01:14 PM 9/22/2003, you wrote:
>Message: 12
>Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 09:30:46 -0700 (MST)
>From: billy@MIX.COM
>Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Re: T23 WiFi Upgrade?
>To: thinkpad@stderr.org
>
> > Reception is poorer than an Orinoco Gold...
>
>With the cards - those that have a big bulge on the end have decent
>antennas, those that are flat use strip line antennas etched on the
>circuit board - but said circuit board is pretty lossy at microwave
>frequencies and thus those (flat) cards don't work as well.
>
>I aven't ripped into any thinkpads or anything else with built in
>antennas, but I suspect the pcmcia cards with the bulges (meaning
>they have a decent antenna inside) will work the best here due to
>all the hardware being next to even the best of built-in antennas...
>
>And then of course of you can find a card with a flip-up antenna
>that would probably be even better, or an external ant connector
>that can be used with a "real" antenna would be best of all...
>
>All that said, Proxim/Orinoco make some pretty damn good cards..
>I've also had excellent results with the D-Link 802.11b stuff
>that uses the TI chipsets: 900AP+ and 650+ cards.
>
>Billy Y..

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Received on Mon Sep 22 17:21:55 2003