does a laptop's internal wireless card not need the wires?
by newbiesforever from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4TXYW)
I am hoping someone can help me solve an odd if salutary mystery. My Thinkpad x120e can't connect to a network without a wireless adapter, because the wires from the computer can't connect to the the internal card--their connectors are damaged and can't clamp on.
Or so I thought. Before I got to plugging in an external wireless-N stick, I just discovered that the computer can somehow connect to my wireless network anyway, without my stick being in the USB port. That's nice, but how is it possible? The "main" and "aux" wires are both disconnected from the internal card and hanging free. Doesn't the card require them? I always assumed.
The only thing I can conclude is no, it apparently does not. But if not, what would the wires be there for? What else do they do?
This grows even stranger when I recall that I could never connect before with the wires having damaged connectors. That's why I thought I needed the external adapter.
Or so I thought. Before I got to plugging in an external wireless-N stick, I just discovered that the computer can somehow connect to my wireless network anyway, without my stick being in the USB port. That's nice, but how is it possible? The "main" and "aux" wires are both disconnected from the internal card and hanging free. Doesn't the card require them? I always assumed.
The only thing I can conclude is no, it apparently does not. But if not, what would the wires be there for? What else do they do?
This grows even stranger when I recall that I could never connect before with the wires having damaged connectors. That's why I thought I needed the external adapter.