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From: "Jens Glathe" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com> Full Headers
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Subject: OS/2 Wireless Users List: 802.11b OS/2 d
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:17:53 est5edt
To: "os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com" <os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com>

On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:22:18 est5edt, Lewis G Rosenthal wrote:

Hi!

> From the DD matrix, it appears that the A3x models only use the IBM
>High Rate wireless and not Cisco. I wonder, then, whether the
>as-yet-to-be-released IBM drivers will work for the mini PCI wireless
>NIC as well as the PCMCIA version? Perhaps Oliver can comment on this,

Yes, there will be a driver for the IBM miniPCI wireless NIC. Development has been completed some weeks
ago.

>>I'm thinking the newer A31 has the sweetest setup for 11b connectivity, no
>>cards. All onboard and the antenna(s) surround the screen. Not sure if the
>>T30  is up-to-snuff with the A31 offering, but then again I haven't viewed
>>the T30  in quite some time.
>>
>>Maybe the driver situation is similar to the T30 but I'm not sure. Of
>>course,  if I break the piggy bank for the A31, I'm going to want to have
>>the 11b  operational from the eCS partition as well.

If it has the IBM miniPCI card, it should work quite fine. However, the newer models are using a Cisco based
card - no drivers yet.

Greetings from Berlin

Jens Glathe.

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