On Sat, Mar 03, 2018 at 05:49:33AM -0500, Z Ero wrote: > I believe these era Thinkpads will not accept a non-IBM authorized > minipci WIFI card without Bios modification. > > See > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Problem_with_unauthorized_MiniPCI_network_card
The misc/tpwireless port can help work around this on some old Thinkpads. Warning: Make sure it's compatible with your model of thinkpad, else it could brick the machine. It is known to work fine on the Thinkpad X40.
