Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection, Single (WM3B2200BGMWWB2)

by Intel

Product Details

• Item Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B0002MPMMW
• Item model number: WM3B2200BGMWWB2
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 20, 2004

Product Description

From the Manufacturer

The Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection enables both 802.11b and rapid 802.11g wireless networking capabilities. The technology delivers a new level of wireless network performance for notebook PCs based on Intel Centrino mobile technology. The Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection is a standards-based and Wi-Fi certified wireless local area network (WLAN) solution that allows up to 54 million bits of data to be transferred per second. It is designed to maintain high throughput at longer ranges in office or home environments, along with efficient use of power to enable longer system battery life. The Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG network connection is also software upgradeable, allowing it to support future security and other service enhancements.

Product Description

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cheap Card. Very Satisfied, August 9, 2005

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Jun Chen "Kopus" (Worcester, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection, Single (WM3B2200BGMWWB2) (Personal Computers)

This is a card that's been used (with some modifications) widely on many centrino laptops. The IBM brand one sells for more than double the price so this is a very cheap one!

Bought this one for my IBM T41. The Mini PCI industry is a little funky, each manufacture might do some hardware/software tweak to make it only works on their own system. So they set bits here and there, set up whitelist, etc. So this card might work straight out of box on some of the laptops but WILL NOT WORK on others without tweaking. (...)

So finally I gave it a try and bought this one from Amazon. Boot into DOS mode, run no-1082 to suppress the warning message, install card, boot up to xp, install driver, and wholla!! I'm now in 802.11g! Of course I'm invalidating the warrantee but my laptop already out of it anyway.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inexpensive MiniPCI on ThinkPad X31, September 3, 2005

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nfarmer (San Jose, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection, Single (WM3B2200BGMWWB2) (Personal Computers)

I bought my laptop, almost two years ago, without built-in wi-fi not just becuase I had a spare PCMCIA wireless card but also because built-in wi-fi was about $100 more. When I recently found Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG mini-PCI wi-fi card for less than $30 (including shipping) at Amazon.com, I couldn't pass up! I checked IBM Support's website to make sure that this card was compatible with my laptop, ThinkPad X31 (type 2884), before placing the order. When the card arrived today, I was excited. What I saw after installation, however, was anything but exciting:

Error

1802: Unauthorized network card is plugged in - Power off and remove the miniPCI network card.

Yes, this is exactly what I saw when I powered up the laptop after installing the card. Looking around on the 'net, it was comforting to know that I wasn't alone. There were people before me--and, I am sure, I am not the last one--who had the same problem. Someone even figured out the problem, devised a solution and made it available to everyone for free. I followed the instructions available on the 'net and executed the little DOS program, no-1802.com, and the laptop boots up without complaining. Once, the laptop boots up, Windows XP detects the new hardware and installing the driver and getting the wi-fi running was trivial. Since Intel provides Linux drivers for this miniPCI card, getting this to work with Fedora Core 3 running on the same laptop, ThinkPad X31, was easy, too. I am now in the built-in wi-fi world for cheap--definitely cheaper than IBM would have liked! Thanks, Amazon.com.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Worked with my Thinkpad x24 with addon antenna, January 12, 2006

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S. Hsu - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection, Single (WM3B2200BGMWWB2) (Personal Computers)

I bought this WIFI card and ordered a pair of HITACHI mini-pci antenna from an ebay seller in UK for $15.99, now my thinkpad x24 is WIFI. I got rid of my PCMCIA card. Great product! You can do the same thing just like I did to your laptop as long as your laptop has a mini-pci port. All you need is a pair of mini-pci antenna to make your old laptop become a wifi machine.