Steve Chapel wrote:
> dold@54.usenet.us.com wrote:
>> seaweedsteve <seaweedsteve@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> No experience, but I suggest you get the name and version of the
>>> installed wireless card on the T61 and then google that card and
>>> check it's website to see which kind of "N" it is and then find out
>>> which ones use that technology.
>>
>> It should be an Intel 4965AGN.
>> http://www.intel.com/support/wireles...5agn/index.htm
>
> Thanks! That was enough to get me pointed in the right direction. On
> Buffalo's site they have a Connect with Intel Centrino Processor
> Technology identifier
> <http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/products/wireless/connect.htm>,
> which indicates that "compatibility and real-world performance with
> laptops based on Intel Centrino Duo processor technology." The
> ThinkPad T61 is certified Centrino Pro, so they should work together.
>
> What do you know about that, marketing information that's actually
> useful? I hope it's actually accurate.
>
> For future reference, here are the Centrino 802.11n gigabit WAPs I've
> found:
> <http://www.buffalotech.com/products/wireless/wireless-n-nfiniti-dual-band/wireless-n-nfiniti-dual-band-gigabit-router-access-point/>
>
> <http://www.dlink.com/products/?pid=530>
>
> <http://www.netgear.com/Products/RoutersandGateways/RangeMaxNEXTWirelessRoutersandGateways/WNR854T.aspx>
>
> Anyone else care to add to the list?
pay your money, and take a chance... Just to be sure you are aware, the
marketers LIE, there are *NO* ratified n specs yet..... And there's no law
against calling something N (or any other letter, wanna buy a pre-z? ((I
call it a Z, whos gonna stop me?))) to try and make sales.... If you buy
something now, you can just HOPE that it will be updated and work with
whatever is finally approved (I think currently in dec of 2008)... Just
because a certain card works now, does *NOT* mean it will work in the future
when they finally get around to definitions/updating things...
However, considering you have a T61, and that will most likely be supported
in the future by one of the bigger manufacturers (you list most of them
above), chances are that no matter what the final specs are, your existing
card will probably be supported.... I'd just go with one of them, rather
than trying to save a few bucks by getting an elcheapo import....