Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 16 Dec 2003 15:10:13 -0800 (PST) | From | Joel Jaeggli <> | Subject | Re: [OT] "unauthorized" mini-pci wlan cards in thinkpads |
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003, Hollis Blanchard wrote:
> On Monday, Dec 15, 2003, at 18:03 US/Central, Disconnect wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-12-15 at 18:16, Joel Jaeggli wrote: > >> the card and antenna are certified together. The cards that were > >> certified > >> with that antenna work in that laptop. > > > > And yet I was able to call dell and just order an older card to go in > > my > > Inspiron. (A standard 802.11b card; orinoco on a pci->cardbus bridge.) > > The only regulatory info they mentioned was including a pack of the > > certified-by stickers to replace the ones that were on the laptop from > > the original card.
the truemobile 1150 is just an off the shelf avaya/agere/orinoco/proxim minipci card... I happen to have one with an acer label in my inspiron 4150 but since they all have the same fcc id they were all made by agere.
> What model Dell card exactly? I'm looking to buy a Linux-compatible > minipci wireless card (no Centrino for obvious reasons), and the only > models I've found listed at http://tuxmobil.org/minipci_linux.html are > apparently no longer for sale. I'd rather not pay for a Cisco Aironet > but I'm afraid I might have to. > >
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