Thread: Need Help Enabling Wireless On An Old IBM Thinkpad

ok, title pretty says all, here's quick rundown of situation. got hands on older ibm thinkpad 2647 running 128 mb of ram, (i think) 700 mhz intel pentium iii processor , 30 gb scsi hdd. seeing resources pretty limited did machine old , installed minimal de using ubuntu 8.04 minimal iso install cli built de using fluxbox wm, feh , idesk desktop icon rendering, xdm display manager, rox-filer file manager , several other lightweight apps round off os. now, here's gets tricky. want enable wireless card, have no network manager installed in make easier. here's outpupt of lspci:

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00:00.0 host bridge: intel corporation 82830 830 chipset host bridge (rev 02) 00:01.0 pci bridge: intel corporation 82830 830 chipset agp bridge (rev 02) 00:1d.0 usb controller: intel corporation 82801ca/cam usb controller #1 (rev 01) 00:1d.1 usb controller: intel corporation 82801ca/cam usb controller #2 (rev 01) 00:1d.2 usb controller: intel corporation 82801ca/cam usb controller #3 (rev 01) 00:1e.0 pci bridge: intel corporation 82801 mobile pci bridge (rev 41) 00:1f.0 isa bridge: intel corporation 82801cam isa bridge (lpc) (rev 01) 00:1f.1 ide interface: intel corporation 82801cam ide u100 controller (rev 01) 00:1f.3 smbus: intel corporation 82801ca/cam smbus controller (rev 01) 00:1f.5 multimedia audio controller: intel corporation 82801ca/cam ac'97 audio controller (rev 01) 01:00.0 vga compatible controller: s3 inc. supersavage ix/c sdr (rev 05) 02:00.0 cardbus bridge: texas instruments pci1420 pc card cardbus controller 02:00.1 cardbus bridge: texas instruments pci1420 pc card cardbus controller 02:02.0 communication controller: agere systems winmodem 56k (rev 01) 02:08.0 ethernet controller: intel corporation 82801cam (ich3) pro/100 ve (lom)

i'm pretty sure machine has internal wireless card since firestarter firewall gui picks 2 interfaces, first being eth0, second being irda0. i've searched around on google, can't seen make heads or tails of do. appreciated, , if more information needed please feel free ask. in advance,

phil

have looked @ thinkwiki - linux thinkpad wiki

easy enough see if has internal wireless card. there plate on bottom 2 screws uncover mini-pci slot. intel or cisco card.

sound have t2x maybe t21 or t22. have t30 - wireless has worked out of box.

thinkpads easy laptops work on , there documentation @ lenovo site (even older models)

place info thinkpad forum

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