I recently bought a used (but very straight!) ThinkPad T30. Upon opening the PCI cover, I find antenna leads, which leads me to believe this unit is wi-fi ready. I currently use a Proxim 8470-FC (b/g) with excellent results under FreeBSD 6.0.

The modem in the T30 is not useable currently, AFAIK. PCMIIW, but I haven't found anything in my searches that leads me to believe that this modem is support by FreeBSD or the comms/ltmdm port:

none1@pci0:31:6: class=0x070300 card=0x02231014 chip=0x24868086 rev=0x02
hdr=0x00 vendor = 'Intel Corporation' device = '82801CA/CAM (ICH3-S/ICH3-M) AC'97 Modem Controller' class = simple comms subclass = generic modem

The IBM FRU 91P7661 I believe is a Prism 2.5-based wi-fi mini-PCI card with V.90 modem. The wi-fi side sounds like it might work with the wi driver. I do not know what the chipset is behind the modem.

Is there anyone on the list using the 91P7661 successfully on a T30 or similar ThinkPad? I would consider purchasing one if I knew that the wi-fi side would work with FreeBSD 6 and that the modem would work with the Lucent driver in comms/ltmdm. I can live with built-in wi-fi b and plug in the Proxim PC card when I need 802.11g.

I'd appreciate hearing anyone's experiences, good or bad, with the 91P7661 wi-fi/modem combo. I do sometimes need dial-up, but mostly I miss hylafax!

Thanks,

Jim