Re: [Thinkpad] Wireless 600X

The best place is to get it somewhere under the LCD bezel because:
1. Height helps
2. You router sends out a vertically polarized signal. Antenna works better if it is vertically polarized (up and down rather than flat like a PCMCIA WiFi card).
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: James H. E. Maugham
  To: Chris Schumann ; thinkpad@stderr.org
  Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 6:42 PM
  Subject: RE: [Thinkpad] Wireless 600X

  Chris Schumann wrote:

> I swapped in an Intel 2200BG WiFi MiniPCI card in my 600X (2645-5FU),
> removing the modem card.
>
> I got it to connect to my LinkSys 802.11B WAP with a 128-bit WEP key.
> I haven't yet installed an antenna, so my range was about four feet.
> Antennae are on the way from an eBay auction.

  After having to listen to everyone crowing about this in the forums [;-)] I
  decided to finally get off the mark and perform this upgrade on one of my spare
  600Xs.

  Swapped a spare Intel combo WiFi/modem for the modem in the unit and installed
  IBM Access Connections. Works a treat under W2K as long as I'm sitting within a
  few feet of one of my WAPs.

  Now to figure out where to put the antennae I've got and where to get some more.

  Where'd you get your antennae from Chris?

  Regards,

  James

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Received on Wed Dec 15 18:44:08 2004