Re: [Thinkpad] miniPCI: replacing winmodem with WiFi ?

highly unlikely you can use a wifi where there was only a modem before..
aside from the bios and hardware support on the miniPCI socket, there are
no antennae on that box..
unless you are adventurous and use a bent coathanger.. :-)
i can see it now..!
rabbit ears on the thinkpad.. :-))

IMO, leave your good old thinkpad to do its job as it was designed to do..

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Cordially,
Bill Morrow
(from NetFinity Server)
web page: http://www.thinkpads.com
bill@thinkpads.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed White" <ed.white@libero.it>
To: <thinkpad@stderr.org>
Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 1:21 PM
Subject: [Thinkpad] miniPCI: replacing winmodem with WiFi ?

> Hi,
>
> I've been using a ThinkPad iSeries 1467 for 3 years and everything worked
> well. Recently Microsoft stopped to support Windows 98 and so I'm going
to
> use only FreeBSD/OpenBSD on it.
>
> I'm using the unique PCMCIA slot available with a CardBus Ethernet
adaptor, so
> I can't use WiFi at the same time. Browsing the web I discovered that
> probably the WinModem (Lucent chipset) included in my laptop is not
soldered
> on the mainboard, but attached as a miniPCI card.
> I would like to know if anyone can confirm this.
>
> Also do you think it could be possible to replace this card with a
miniPCI
> WiFi card ?
> Would the BIOS support this ?
> Will be enough space for the card itself ?
> Could I use the hole left by the RJ11 modem connector for WiFi antenna ?
>
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> Ed
>
>
>
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