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    Upgradeable WiFi?

    Discussion in 'Toshiba' started by bitemebw, Jul 12, 2004.

  1. bitemebw

    bitemebw Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does anyone know if the toshiba wireless mini pci card that ships with the satellite 1135-s1554 can be upgraded from WEP to WPA/PSA-TKIP?

    I'm just trying to connect it to my wireless network at home and I don't want to downgrade the security.

    Thanks.

    Naresh.
     
    bitemebw, Jul 12, 2004
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    Robokam Notebook Guru

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    I don't have a Toshiba but I upgraded the mini-pci card on my Acer Aspire 2000 from the Intel Pro/Wireless Mini-PCI 2100B card to the 2200BG card. I wanted the faster speed and went from WEP to WPA. I used the drivers from a newer Acer notebook that had the G card in it. If you just want to use WPA did you try newer Intel drivers as well as the update from Microsoft that supports WPA? I could never get my 2100B card to work with WPA, only WEP, even after updating to newer drivers and the MS WPA fix.
     
    Robokam, Jul 12, 2004
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    Venombite Notebook Virtuoso

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    I do not think you would be able to get WPA support on this unit. The only way is for Toshiba to release updated drivers that have the WPA support built-in. I checked their site and there are drivers for this unit, but they were released early January 2003. Plus, I don't think getting a new card for this unit will work either, the hardware might be incompatible. The only other way I can think of to get WPA support for this notebook, would be to buy a PCMCIA wifi card that has WPA support and use that instead of the onboard wifi.

    -Vb-
     
    Venombite, Jul 13, 2004
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  4. bitemebw

    bitemebw Notebook Enthusiast

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    Little disappointed.

    Finally found the upgrade to the Toshiba wireless mini pci. After searching the Toshiba site the latest driver was last updated in 2002! I found some obscure reference to Agere making the card. Went to their homepage and found a download (which suggested that I only download from toshiba) which upgraded the card to WPA/PSK-TKIP no problems.

    I would have thought toshiba would have updated it sooner - the notebook is not that old. I guess I should be grateful that there is any update at all.

    I remember a time when Toshiba and IBM had the best notebooks and the best support and the best reputation. When compaq had those ridiculous power adaptors built into the actually notebook ... so heavy.

    Am I that old?

    Thanks for the help anyway guys.

    Glad my friend bought the toshiba - I'm sticking with my X40 :p

    Cheers,
    BM.
     
    bitemebw, Jul 15, 2004
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  5. ReverendDC

    ReverendDC Notebook Deity

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    With a lot of massaging (and I mean a lot), you could get a mini-PCI card to work. It would most definitely NOT be recommended (BIOS changes have to be made).
     
    ReverendDC, Jul 15, 2004
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