Gobi WWAN card for CF-W8?

The non-WWAN W8 has a simcard slot built into the lid. Does anyone know if there are antennas already in the non-WWAN W8? or which Gobi WWAN card the CF-W8 uses? Is it easy to get to without completely disassembling the laptop?

Reply 1 : Gobi WWAN card for CF-W8?

The WWAN card fits in the lid under the rectangular cover where the SIM card slot is. The antenna are also under that cover. If it is like the CF-T5, open the SIM cover and remove the 2 screws. On the LCD side remove the 2 rubber bumpers at the top of the screen. There is a screw under each bumper. Remove them and then remove the rectangular cover. There are 2 dip switches to set. There is a diagram showing settings for WWAN1, WWAN2 and WWAN3. I don't know the proper setting for the Gobi card but, it shouldn't be hard to figure out.



I installed a Novatel EU860D in my CF-T5. There was no diagram for the switches. I found that either 1-on, 2-off or 1-off, 2-on would show WWAN in the BIOS. I used the Mobilink 3 software from the Panasonic Canada site to install on Windows 7. It also updates the firmware to allow connections at 7.2 mbps. The software is not available on the US site.



https://panasonic.ca/PCS/Software/Mo....00.21.005.zip

Reply 2 : Gobi WWAN card for CF-W8?

Thank you for the info. Also, I got impatient, and removed those screws already. Here are a couple pics:









Wow! These pics are too big!! Must google for resizing tags. Couldn't find working tags, so I just resized the images. Sorry for the enormous images.

Reply 3 : Gobi WWAN card for CF-W8?

If the Gobi2000 works, it also has GPS. Does any one know if any devices are blacklisted in the BIOS?

Reply 4 : Gobi WWAN card for CF-W8?

I believe Panasonic has a habit of disabling GPS in their Gobis.

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Reply 5 : Gobi WWAN card for CF-W8?

Is GPS disabled in their cards or is there just no software that takes advantage of it? I have GPS available in my Panasonic GOBI 2000 as well as the internal GPS but I used the generic WWAN GOBI software from the canada site once I got it activated. It also allows SMS/MMS from the sim.