Mailing List ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com Archived Message #412

From: "Carl Gehr" <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Subject: Re: [eCS T60/T61] T61p wireless confusion
Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:21:53 -0400 (EDT)
To: "eCS ThinkPad T60/61 Mailing List" <ecs-t6x@2rosenthals.com>

On Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:04:05 -0500, Lothar Frommhold wrote:

>Upon my return from travel I am attempting to set up the wireless
>connections with my T61p (6459-CTO). The basic installation of eCS 2.0
>RC6a  was straight-forward, except for the wireless part: either I did
>not load the proper drivers or did something else wrong and need help now.
>
>I think Mark told me that the T6x use the Intel 3945 ABG mini card (if
>that is the right word to use here). There are , however two different
>choices in the GenMac wrapper, namely
>    Intel 3945 a/b/g (8086:4227) and
>    Intel 3945 a/b/g (8086:xxxx) (with another number xxxx which I forgot).
>Neither one seems to work for me. In both cases I get a message that no
>driver was found.
>I mention that on the backside of the thinkpad a label says that the
>    (23S) 802.11 A/G/N
>is built in; a MAC address is also given there, which I did not know how
>to use. Is that possibly a card different from the cards found in other T6x?

The best way I know to determine what hardware you have [for all PCI
devices] is to search Hobbes for: pci104vka
The last time I looked this would do it:
>http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?sh=1&button=Search&key=pci104vka&stype=all&sort=type_name&dir=%2Fpub%2Fos2

After downloading and expanding the package, get the current device
list from:
>http://members.datafast.net.au/dft0802/downloads/pcidevs.txt
and store it in place of the one that comes with the package.

Run:
     PCI.EXE > YourTPadDevs.Txt
to get the list of your devices into a text file.

Use your favorite editor to do a find on the word 'Wireless'.

In my case, on a T60, the first three lines of the entry shows:
> Bus 3 (PCI Express), Device Number 0, Device Function 0
> Vendor 8086h Intel Corporation
> Device 4227h PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

So, my device is (8086:4227), taken from Vendor:Device.
YMMV...

Good luck...
Carl


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