Re: [Thinkpad] Re: WiFi access point scanning utilities for IBM internal 802.11 a/b/g card

Thanks for the pointers and hints!

I got the 802.11 a/b/g card from bill@thinkpads.com for $119 including
shipping. I don't know if there's a b/g card only. My T40 came without a
card, but was upgradable (it has the antenna and indicator light, and the
internal connectors). When I checked upgrading choices from IBM, they had
two 802.11b card only - one from Intel and the other from Cisco:

31P8301
<http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?lang=en_US&catalogId=-840&langId=-1&prmenbr=1&cntrfnbr=1&partNumber=31P8301&storeId=1&cntry=840>Cisco
Aironet Wireless 802.11b Mini PCI by IBM $109.00
31P8601
<http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?lang=en_US&catalogId=-840&langId=-1&prmenbr=1&cntrfnbr=1&partNumber=31P8601&storeId=1&cntry=840>Intel
PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter $99.00

So, for a bit more, I went for a/b/g from Bill. So far I'm very pleased
with the performance, although I've only had a chance to try it with
802.11b access points so far.

Cheers,
Andy

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At 1/3/2004 02:55 PM -0500, upilogue@mailup.net wrote:

>I use Network Stumbler when needed. My T40 came with Intel Pro/Wireless
>LAN 2100 3B, and the IBM Access Connection utility comes with qcwlicon.exe
>(see \Program Files\ThinkPad\ConnectUtilities directory). When it's
>running, it shows an icon on the tray that changes color - green, yellow
>or red depending on signal strength. Double clicking it brings up an
>applet that allows you to find available wlans and to connect to one. I
>only use Access Connection to configure the wlan for the first time, but
>normally I don't run Access Connection (and disabled its services and
>startup programs) because I only switch from work lan to home wlan/lan.
>Instead, I wrote a little batch script that toggles the network connection
>by that enabling the relevant device and disabling the unused network
>device to save battery (using XP's devcon.exe). With this, when the wlan
>card is enabled, it simply uses the last wlan profile that it was
>connected. XP's wireless zero config service is also disabled.
>
>On a related topic, how much do a/b/g/ cards cost nowadays? Is there a
>802.11b/g only card and is it true that the T40 can only use IBM cards? Thanks.
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Received on Sun Jan 4 01:45:54 2004