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    Wifi on t61

    Discussion in 'Lenovo' started by steven2909, Oct 23, 2007.

  1. steven2909

    steven2909 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have heard about wifi woe on thinkpad t61, is it true? Some people said that the wifi off at intervals. Did you have any problem about wifi on t61?
     
    steven2909, Oct 23, 2007
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    nope. no problem right here. when i play Local game, i never disconnected or lagging. when try to connect to campus hot spot, it can connect easily. i even use 4965ABG, which to some people is annoying. but it works fine.
     
    vince_wonk, Oct 23, 2007
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    Renee Notebook Virtuoso

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    I have a Lenovo 3000 with exactly the same problems. In my experience, I do not see the power cut to the wireless card when the card is connected, only when I am not connected.

    Why is the 4965ABG annoying?
     
    Renee, Oct 23, 2007
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    GridGI Notebook Consultant

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    My T61 works wonders with Intel 4965AGN, I close the lid and it goes to sleep. I open it back up, swipe my finger and as soon as the desktop shows up the Internet connection is on and it stays on. I have never had such a reliable WiFI performance on my old R40 and Windows XP (except maybe for my desktop DWL-AG132 which also worked very well for years).
     
    GridGI, Oct 23, 2007
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    eyecon82 Notebook Deity

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    i have the thinkpad wifi card a/b/g; no problems here...using vista ultimate
     
    eyecon82, Oct 24, 2007
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    kaede Notebook Consultant

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    most of the times its not the card problem. mainly vista or driver issue.
     
    kaede, Oct 24, 2007
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