ThinkPad 11b/g/n Wireless LAN Mini-PCI Express Adapter II

 

Contents

1 Features
2 Install procedure
3 Identification
3.1 ThinkPads this card may be found in

 

Features

Install procedure

Following the links above and doing some searching, it seems that it should be possible to get this card to work. There a two ways one is using the alpha/beta/? version of the Linux drivers, the second is using Windows drivers and ndiswrapper. Using the preliminary Linux drivers is described here. (Instructions tested on a Thinkpad X200s with a Realtek 8192 and Ubuntu 9.10).

In order to use the Linux driver we have to compile them for the kernel you are using. Generally for compiling drivers you have to install some packages for this first. In the example here you have to plug in a wired network and type in the following command, this will install all necessary stuff:

       sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-source-2.6.31

Now you have to obtain a copy of the Linux drivers: [3] , there is also a 64 bit version available [4] .

Unpack the driver and open up an console and go to the directory you unpacked the driver to.

Compile the drivers using the following commands:

     sudo make

     sudo su

     make install

Lastly you have to load the freshly compiled driver by running the following command:

     modprobe r8192se_pci

 
If everything worked fine the card should start working immediately. More information on the installation procedure including a description of the second method using the Windows drivers and Ndiswrapper can be found here:[5] .
 

Identification

lspci -vv        03:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10)        Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device e020        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=fast >TAbort- SERR-        Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel        Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 00-e0-4c-ff-fe-22-55-88
 

ThinkPads this card may be found in

R400 , R500

T400 , T500

W500 ,

X200 , X200s , X200 Tablet