IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter with Modem II

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IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Adapter with Modem II

This is a Mini-PCI combination WiFi and Modem Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI slot.

WiFi Features

  • Chipset: Harris Semiconductor Prism 2.5
  • IEEE Standards: 802.11b
  • PCI ID: 1260:3873

Modem Features

  • Chipset: Agere
  • AC'97 Modem

Mini-PCI WiFi Adapter

IBM Partnumbers

IBM Order PN (WW): 22P7701
IBM Order PN (China): 31P6501
IBM FRU PN (WW): 26P8437, 26P8442, 26P8437, 26P8518, 91P7215
IBM FRU PN (China): 26P8313, 91P7275

Also known (in IBM literature) as....

  • IBM High Rate Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter

Firmware

Jun Sun's mini-HOWTO explains how to update the firmware from Windows or Linux. Station Firmware 1.7.4 is recommended if you need support for WPA. The link below is broken.

A firmware update package for the wireless function of this adapter is available from IBM.
The available firmware version is 1.04.09.00 and is available here

Linux WiFi driver

This adapter works with the 'orinoco_pci' driver as part of any recent 2.4 or 2.6 kernel. In addition the 'hostap' driver can also be used.

The hostap driver supports WPA which the orinoco driver does not. WPA usage might require flashing the NIC's firmware, detailed intructions are available on this page.

Linux Modem driver

The Linux driver from SmartLink supports this device.
Latest version of this driver is 2.9.10 and supports both the 2.4 and 2.6 kernels. The modem works with the "ALSA method" which is detailed in the README that accompanies the SmartLink driver.

Note! Since kernel 2.6.12, there is a new ALSA mixer control "off-hook" which has to be unmuted before the modem can be used, e.g. by running "alsamixer -D hw:1".

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External Sources