M6300 PCI WWAN & WLAN

[Rezwanul_Kabir at Dell.com]

There is no WWAN mini PCI card slot in M6300. You might try external
WWAN Expresscards.
Thanks..
   --rez
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-precision-bounces at dell.com 
> [mailto:linux-precision-bounces at dell.com] On Behalf Of Ahnjoan Amous
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2008 2:16 AM
> To: linux-precision-Lists
> Subject: M6300 PCI WWAN & WLAN
> 
> Does anyone have an internal WWAN and internal WLAN card in 
> their M6300?  I ASSumed that this was possible based on my 
> cursory review of the machines options when I purchased mine. 
>  I didn't choose the WWAN card when I ordered mine, but 
> assumed all I would need to do is purchase the card down the 
> road when I wanted it.
> 
> I foolishly purchased an internal WWAN card (paid a friend 
> the difference for the card when he got his new D630) without 
> checking if my new M6300 had any extra internal PCI slots.  
> After the card arrived I found that the machine doesn't look 
> like it has the room for an internal WWAN card, and no 
> antenna wiring harness is hanging around loose in the 
> machine, and the config page only has an option for an 
> external WWAN card.  I have the iwl4965 card in the only PCI 
> slot in the machine(at least from what I can tell).  There is 
> (under the
> keyboard) a slot that looks to be the same size as the 
> iwl4965 and the WWAN card but its labeled (FCM).
> 
> When I put the WLAN or WWAN card in the FCM slot neither show 
> up using lspci, and when I put the WWAN card in the regular 
> PCI slot it doesn't show up under lspci.
> 
> Is it possible to use the FCM slot as a normal PCI slot so 
> that I could start figuring out how to build an antenna to 
> route around the monitor?
> 
> FYI - I have tried the USB type Verizon WWAN cards previously 
> and in my opinion get much much better performance with the 
> internal cards.
> I assume this is because the antenna is much larger when 
> built in to the screen.
> 
> Thanks for any suggestions.
> Ahnjoan
> 
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