I’m not sure if people have noticed this already, but if you go to Sony’s driver/software download page for the TR2/2AP (http://www.ita.sel.sony.com/support/pc/pcgtr2a/ ) and go to the “Original Drivers” section and scroll down, it lists a driver for the Intel Pro Wireless 802.11b Mini-PCI card (the one in all the TR’s except the TR2AP3), then it has a driver whose description is:

This utility will install the originally shipped version of the LAN-Express AS IEEE 802.11g miniPCI Adapter Driver for the Microsoft® Windows® XP Operating Systems.

So perhaps this means it’s an Ambit LAN-Express card of some kind?  (only the 802.11b one is listed on their site)

Like the 802.11b one on the right in the first photo here:

http://forums.designtechnica.com/showthread.php?threadid=1545

Just a clue.

I’m sure that someone can post benchmarks that show otherwise, but for real life day top day use, do we really need “G”?

Just my 2 cents.

jetguy: generally speaking, not everyone needs 802.11g. in some cases, it’s worse than 802.11b when it comes to signal strength at a distance. however, if you regularly move large files between systems or stream high bitrate media files, 802.11g can be extremely useful and necessary.

abakshi: yeah, there’s still no exact clue what the chipset is in the TR2AP3. i’ve been scouring the net looking for miniPCI cards that might fit in our TRs. It’s especially hard since our miniPCI slot is of the type IIIB variety which is smaller than normal and not generally available.

I have found two different brands that might fit in our notebooks. I’m considering giving it a shot and opening up my TR and seeing if an upgrade is possible. More updates on this soon.

802.11g isn’t a huge deal since all of my hardware is 802.11b anyway, but getting internal Bluetooth somehow on an American machine would be a huge plus!

I tend to agree with cellery, its the Bluetooth I want!