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Talk:Ipw4965

2008-01-07T08:49:10Z

Nysander:

* [[Gentoo]]
** I got the same problem with this card as below. I need to remove driver (rmmod iwl4965) and load it once more to make new connection. Sometimes I also need to turn wireless off and on via hardware switch then reload driver modules and then KNetworkManager finds wireless networks and I can connect. Quite irritating thing, but when it make connection it has high power and low latency.

--[[User:nysander|nysander]] 09:45, 07 January 2008 (CET)

* [[Kubuntu Feisty]]
** I can only get the adapter to make one wireless connection per boot. If I get kicked off wireless or I try to change AP's I have to reboot. The restricted IPW driver tends to destabalize the system. The IWL driver is much more stable but still has the same connection problem. Any thoughts?? Lenovo R61i.

--[[User:Trogdor282|Trogdor282]] 15:10, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

* [[Ubuntu]]
** [quote]Works out of the box in edgy. Requires restricted repository.[/quote]
Are you sure? I installed Networkmanager (from main - I have a WPA enabled router) and WiFi worked immediately. No need for any additional tasks.

--[[User:Ro|Ro]] 08:37, 7 December 2006 (CET)

* [[Ubuntu]]
** With Edgy, all you have to do is install the linux-restricted-modules-generic package.
It works out-of the box in edgy (on a {{Z61m}}) without the need to install any additional packages, so I changed this info.

--[[User:Ro|Ro]] 17:19, 27 November 2006 (CET)

*{{Ubuntu}}
** Ubuntu Dapper has already built in this drivers; it works out from the box.

Ubuntu (neither Dapper nor Edgy) have the ipw3945 drivers, so I've deleted the info.
--[[User:Zhenech|Zhenech]] 15:19, 27 September 2006 (CEST)

According to this:
http://www.digitalvampire.org/blog/articles/2006/09/29/ubuntu-edgy-eft-on-a-thinkpad-x60s-how-to-make-ipw3945-work

All you have to do is to install the linux-restricted-modules-generic package. I've tested this using Edgy - it worked out of the box on a T60.

== Sharing experience ==

I understand that considerations below might not necessary be of importance for everybody, however since I owe this card I thought I share few of my own experiences with it.
Card:
1) lacks promiscuous mode sniffing capability in Windows (which I feel is must for most network techs and security oriented people).
2) does not work with aircrack tools
3) in order to see what is current signal strength it is necessary to hover mouse over icon on taskbar and read info from pop-up baloon (bit irritating). Strengths are shown as “Good”, “Fair”, “Poor” etc. I feel much preferable way of displaying signal strength is to present users with dynamically changing visual meter in card utility, which show signal in decibels as oppose to say “Fair” - God knows what and how many db.
4) to see what type of encryption network use (as visible in all networks view) in cards utility, it is necessary to hover mouse over a network name and read info from pop-up balloon (irritating again).
5) values from network properties as MAC for instance cannot be copied to clipboard.
6) to my knowledge it is not possible once card is installed, to disable cards connection managing utility and allow Windows to manage wireless connections.

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2008-01-07T08:24:28Z

Nysander:

25.12.2007: [http://www.intellinuxwireless.org intellinuxwireless.org] has announced new versions of mac80211 wireless stack and iwlwifi network drivers for [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter]] and [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter]]

14.11.2007: [http://www.lesswatts.org lesswatts.org] now hosts the [http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/acpi/ Linux ACPI] project, as well as [http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/ powertop] and many other important power management projects.

19.10.2007: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to [[Special:Version|MediaWiki 1.11.0]].
We apologize for some downtime on Oct. 15th and 16th.

11.10.2007: The ThinkPad turns 15 years old!! Video is [http://w.on24.com/r.htm?e=95040&s=1&k=3E9FB345A4AAAB34653E8F0573228F8E&partnerref=atgnb_sitepost2_10_10_07 available].

13.06.2007: A preliminary version of the reverse-engineered R500 driver is [http://lwn.net/Articles/237920/ available].

06.06.2007: ThinkWiki finally runs on new [[ThinkWiki:Hardware|hardware]].

22.05.2007: ThinkWiki has been upgraded to [[Special:Version|MediaWiki 1.10.0]].

13.05.2007: Intel released [http://www.linuxpowertop.org/ PowerTOP], helps to prolong battery life.

09.05.2007: New user creation enabled again, now using a captcha protection.

Category:X61

2007-12-26T08:42:08Z

Nysander: /* Availiablity in Europe */

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=== ThinkPad X61 ===
This pages gives an overview of all ThinkPad X61 related topics.

==== Standard Features ====
* One of the following standard voltage processors:
** [[Intel Core 2 Duo]] CPU T7100 (1.80 GHz)
** [[Intel Core 2 Duo]] CPU T7300 (2.00 GHz)
** [[Intel Core 2 Duo]] CPU T7500 (2.20 GHz)
* [[Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100]]
** 12.1" TFT display with 1024x768 resolution
* 512MB, 1GB or 2GB memory [[PC2-5300]] memory standard, max 4GB
* 80GB (5400 RPM), 100GB (7200 RPM), 120GB (5400 RPM) or 160GB (5400 RPM)HDD
* [[Active Protection System|IBM Active Protection System]]
* [[AD1984]] HD Audio 1.0 controller
* [[Ethernet Controllers#Intel Gigabit (10/100/1000)|Intel Gigabit Ethernet Controller]]
* [[MiniPCI Express slot]] 1 with one of the following:
** None (empty)
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Mini-PCI Express Adapter]]
** [[Intel PRO/Wireless 4965AGN Mini-PCI Express Adapter]]
** Thinkpad 11a/b/g Mini-PCI Express Adapter
** Thinkpad 11/a/b/g/n Mini-PCI Express Adapter
* [[MiniPCI Express slot]] 2 with one of the following:
** None (empty)
** [[Verizon 1xEV-DO WWAN]] (It seems to be a Sierra Wireless MC5720 Modem)
** [[Cingular HSDPA WWAN]] (Sierra Wireless MC8775)
* [[ThinkPad_Bluetooth_with_Enhanced_Data_Rate_(BDC-2)|Bluetooth 2.0 EDR]]
* [[Embedded Security Subsystem|IBM Embedded Security Subsystem 2.0]]
* [[Integrated Fingerprint Reader]] in some models
* [[SD Card slot]] with IO support
* [[CardBus slot]] (Type 2)
* Firewire (IEEE1394)
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=== Availiablity in Europe ===
The X61 with normal voltage CPUs are a bit hard to get in central and eastern Europe, most retailers only sell the [[:Category:X61s|X61s]] with low voltage processors. An Lenovo Czech Republic representative, questioned about the X61availiability, replied (translated from czech):

''The X61 models with standard CPUs are also sold in Czechia but you need to face the price will be significatly higher (30% or more) because the specific article has to be imported just for you. The delivery can take up to 7 weeks.''

In Poland there is harder to get X61s (Low Voltage) than regular X61 version. Some retailers also offer this notebook with upgraded memory to 4GB. The system is shipped only with 32-bit vesion of MS Windows Vista Bussiness so it see only 3GB of the memory. But every kernel with 64GB memory option compiled in sees all 4GB with no problem

=== Resources ===
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-67777 Product overview]
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-62866 Hardware maintenance manual]
* [http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-67774 Setup guide]

=== Reviews ===
* [http://www.notebookreview.com/default.asp?newsID=3765 NotebookReview.com], 2007-06-20

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[[Image:ThinkPadX60.jpg|ThinkPad X61]]
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[[Category:X Series]]

IBM Integrated Bluetooth IV with 56K Modem (BMDC-3)

2007-12-26T08:37:51Z

Nysander: /* ThinkPads this card may be found in */

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=== IBM Integrated Bluetooth IV with 56K Modem (BMDC-3) ===
This is a combination USB Bluetooth and AC97 Modem Adapter that is installed in a [[CDC slot]].
=== Bluetooth Features ===
* Chipset: Broadcom
* USB VID/PID: 0A5C:201E
* USB VID/PID: 0A5C:2110

=== Modem Features ===
* Chipset: Conexant
* AC'97 Modem
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|}
=== IBM Partnumbers ===
*IBM FRU PN: 39T0022 ($37.50 in July 2005) - ''no longer available at IBM''
*IBM FRU PN: 39T0024 ($49.00 in September 2005) - ''no longer available at IBM''
*IBM FRU PN: 39T0026 ($56 in Dec 2006, $50.00 in July 2006)

This part takes the place of the 56K Modem board.
It requires a Bluetooth antenna, and some ThinkPads built without Bluetooth already have the antenna installed -- the antenna wire may be found disconnected and taped under the Modem board.
{{HINT|To check if your T4x laptop has a BlueTooth antenna, check the parts list for the specific model. More directly, you can check whether there is a white antenna wire (in addition to the two WiFi antenna cables, which are gray and black) passing through the left LCD hinge: either peek through the small hole in front of the left hinge, or remove the keyboard and inspect the wires near the CDC (see [[:Image:T43-2686-DGU-CDC.jpg|here]] or [http://www.pbase.com/kenn/t42_bluetooth here]).}}

In addition to the Modem/BT module, a Bluetooth Thinkpad also uses an extra indicator LED below the LCD display, and another indicator LED on the top of the lid. To see these two LEDs, two new clear plates are required. The entire set of replacement sticker plates can be ordered as FRU 26R8409 (unavailable as of Dec 2006; $16.50 as of March 2006; formerly FRU 13R2455)

As of January 2006, IBM charged $13.50 for airborne shipping.

See [[Buyers_Guide#Buying_FRUs|Buying FRUs]].

=== Linux Bluetooth driver ===
The Bluetooth device is implemented using USB. Enabling/disabling bluetooth (i.e. by use of {{key|Fn}}{{key|F5}}) leads to USB connect and disconnect events.

As Bluetooth is implemented using USB, this will only work with USB drivers enabled:
:{{cmdroot|modprobe uhci-hcd ; modprobe ehci-hcd}}

The <tt>bcm203x</tt> kernel module, which is included in recent kernels, supports this chipset. You have to make sure to '''compile it as a module''' since the kernel won't detect the chip at boottime (when Bluetooth is turned off).

Use BlueZ-utils (http://www.bluez.org/) or fancier software like the GNOME Bluetooth subsystem (http://usefulinc.com/software/gnome-bluetooth) to use the device.

Some problems have been reported using bluetooth after a suspend/resume cycle on the T43. These problems can be mitigated by unloading the USB kernel modules (uhci_hcd, ehci_hcd, hci_usb, bcm203x) before the machine is put to sleep, and by re-loading these modules when the machine wakes up again.

You could also try [http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/holtmann/bluetooth-2.6.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=dcdcf63ef12dc3fbaa17a6d04f16ada8e63bb4d0;hp=2b86ad21deec4c47a1f0089298f12e4038c2aa68 this patch] which adds suspend/resume support to the hci_usb module. This patch is already in kernel 2.6.18-rc1. Or you use the [http://www.holtmann.org/linux/kernel/patch-2.6.17-mh4.gz bluez mh4-patch for 2.6.17] which adds suspend/resume and also fixes an issue with the SCO buffer size.

On a T43p you must ensure that you call hotplug (re)start upon resume or you will lose bluetooth functionality. See the ACPI area for sample suspend scripts, or if bluetooth flakes on a debian system at any time you can manually call
:{{cmdroot|/etc/init.d/hotplug restart}}
and it will come back with another {{key|Fn}}{{key|F5}} press.

=== Linux modem driver ===

See [[Conexant HSF modem drivers]].

=== ThinkPads this card may be found in ===
* {{R52}}
* {{T43}}, {{T43p}}
* {{X32}}
* {{X41}}, {{X41T}}
* {{X61}}, {{X61s}}
* {{Z60m}}, {{Z60t}}

===See also===
* [[How to setup Bluetooth | Bluetooth HOWTO]]

===External Sources===
*[http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=MIGR-51427 IBM's page about configuring Bluetooth under Linux]

[[Category:Components]]