G550 Wireless whitelist, which FRU to get for 802.11n upgrade

I have a preconfigured T4300 G550 that came with a 2 antenna 11g WLAN adapter. I want to upgrade to 11n and am aware of the whitelist. But in looking at posts here an elsewhere not all Lenovo device IDs will work in all systems so it's not enough to just get a Lenovo branded card.
Is there a dBase somewhere with contents of whitelists for various models? IOW, where can I find out which FRU I need for this G550 upgrade? Would a 42T0865 (Intel 4965) be suitable (knowing I'll run just 1 Rx)?
TIA

Ok, after doing a bit more searching I found a clue in a completely different forum:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2136789&tstart=0
Apparently I must have a neighbor with a WiFi router set to a wrong country region (I'm in Brazil), and according to the (foolish, stupid, and all-around knobbish IMSNHO) 802.11d implementation that Apple has chosen to follow in Snow Leopard, it sets its internal card's country region to the region of the first router that broadcasts to it, rather than being smart (like they were in 10.5) and setting it to the country region of the actual router you are connecting to.
I'm using the script that was offered on that page to reboot my Airport interface until it connects using Wireless N. Until then, this is a big AppleFAIL in my book.

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You have a 13" Early or Mid 2009 MacBook. Either one can run OS X Mavericks with enough RAM, 2 GB minimum. But first you will need to update to OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 so that you have the Mac App Store installed on your MacBook
Buy this from apple;
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MC573/mac-os-x-106-snow-leopard
Then download and update with this update combo;
OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.8 v1.1 update combo
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1399
After this you will have the Mac App Store on your MacBook and you should be able to download and install OS X Mavericks for free!
Your MacBook must meet these minimum tech specs to run Mavericks;
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5842

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I guess there is a chance you might have one if it was built in the last week of core duo models and they had already got the 802.11 modules in. Which as I said Apple did not start doing till the core 2 duo.
I only know that when these modules were checked by different people none found the new modules in the core duo. That is why people are upgrading theirs now.
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http://store.apple.com/uk/product/D4141ZM/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0Mg&mco=MjIzMDkzNA
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What it doesn't tell you is that if you have an early version of the iMac (pre-Sept 2006) that shipped with the Intel Core Duo Processor (note - not the Core 2 Duo) then the upgrade will not work.
If it says you need to have a Core "2" Duo processor, then it seems to me they are telling you very clearly that it will not work with the earlier Core (no "2") Duo iMacs.
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Hello,
I have to set up a wireless network using 802.11n. I was wondering if the 4.2 version is the best one? Is there any document that tells wich version to use depending on the the configuration we need to set up, for example?
jr94

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http://www.wi-fi.org/80211n-draft2.php
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hi tom,
if you open airport utility and click on your airport extreme.... then click on the wireless options you ca change your frequency there.
I swith between n & b/g as I have an Ipod touch & that works only with the b/g network.
hope that helps ....

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You have posted a question about your G5 Mac in the G4 iMac forum, so it might be getting overlooked.
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The ethernet ports on the new AEBS are not gigabit ports either, so while your iMac can connect it will be limited to the 100mbps of standard fast ethernet.
Unless Apple comes out with an adapter for us, we will be left out.

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Hardware differences. Core duos don't have the ability to be upgraded to 802.11n via the software update.

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On the client side, we've narrowed the issues down to Dell Laptops(Latitude E6430, Latitude D640, Latitude E6420) with Dell Wireless/Broadcom(DW1530, DW1540) network adapters that are 802.11n capable.
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wireless adapter - DW1530
driver - 6.30.58.26
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Has anybody else had this type of problem and found a resolution?
I've seen some Intel chips that simply "misbehaves" when operating in 802.11n. Going to the laptop manufacturer's website to download the firmware is next to useless. Going to the NIC manufacturer's website to download the LATEST firmware is more reliable.
There's a significant version "gap" between the firmware published with the laptop manufacturer vs the ones with the wireless NIC.
I suggest you go to Broadcom and load the latest firmware in one or two machines just to test.

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First, Welcome to the discussions, As a rule of thumb it may not be the best practice to speculate on future technology, Especially in the developmental stages..
As with most computer co's when it becomes available everyone will know at about the same time..
We as Mac users wondered about g5's in powerbook's..
Again this isn't in good form, When and if they become available we will all know.. Apple is very secretive about future product's.. Hope this helps..Don

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