From: "Jan van Wijk" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (account jvw@hautspot.com HELO merlin) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTPA id 2597192 for os2-wireless_users@2rosenthals.com; Sun, 01 Aug 2010 04:24:16 -0400 Message-ID: <100.886008002c2f554c.005@dfsee.com> To: "OS/2 Wireless Users Mailing List" Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2010 10:24:12 +0200 (DST) In-Reply-To: References: Priority: Normal User-Agent: PMMail/3.07 (os/2; U; Warp 4.5; nl-NL_EURO; i386; ver 3.07.38.1547) X-Mailer: PMMail 3.07.38.1547 for OS/2 Warp 4.5 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [OS2Wireless] miniPCI wireless card compatibility, older and newer Thinkpads Hi Lewis, On Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:09:51 -0400 Lewis G Rosenthal wrote: > >Sorry to hear about your T42 reaching EOL. Well, it is still working, but most likely has a crack somewhere in the mainboard. When slightly tilted or lifted it often freezes the display or crashes completely. I use it on a docking station now (no movement :-) for use as digital oscilloscope. I also got myself a second one, refurbished for just over 200 Euro's and put the best parts of the two on that one (I had a bad key on the keyboard). So I can continue using the T42 for a while longer ... >> I have eCS 2.0 GA running on that machine now, >> with a usable display in 1680x1050 (panorama). >> >> >Great! Yes, performance is not that good, but adequate for most stuff. (after disabling the full-window-drag :-) >> The wired NIC is being worked on (new gigabit driver) but does not work yet. >> >The latest build *should* work for you. Indeed it does, I was actually the one assisting in debugging it with a debug kernel loaded, to get the NETBIND hang and some traps resolved. >> The downloaded HW-manuals (T42, W500) seem to indicate that these >> cards are NOT compatible, not even in physical dimensions/shape! >Per Aron's comments, the W500 has a mini-PCI-Express slot and the T42 >has a mini-PCI, which are different architectures. Look for an Intel >3945abg (8086:4227) or a 4965agn (8086:4229, or 8086:4230) card to >replace the 5300 in the W500. OK, may do that at some point, allthough the pressure is off now that I have a working T42 again, and the W500 has wired access, meaning I can get all my eCS development stuff and application on there. >I have tested both of these with GenMAC >with good results. The difference is really whether you need the 802.11n >capability now or anticipate needing it in the future. I *believe* the >802.11b/g & 802.11a radios in both cards are about the same, at least in >terms of performance (someone please correct me if my recollection is >lacking). Also note that the 4965agn card supports *draft*-n, as it >predates the ratification of the 802.11n standard. Thus, it may not be >fully compatible with equipment which has been released more recently. Either should be fine, I will see if I can get one, and get the corresponding Windows drivers. But I will probably not swap it out any time soon. Thanks for the info! Regards, JvW ========================================================================= DFSee Home: http://www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee - info@dfsee.com