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mini-pci wifi cards - Atheros
We currently have Dell internal 1300 mini-pci (not express) wifi cards in our Dell laptops. They use the Broadcom chipset. We can see a couple of nearby WAPs. My wife's Fujitsu laptop - with an Atheros internal card - can see about 12 nearby WAPs... I'm wondering about getting an Atheros card for our laptop to see if the sensitivity is actually better ? This was one of the few places I could find it - http://www.oxfordtec.com/us/MiniPCI-...duct_info.html comments ? -- ---------------------------------- "If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright |
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mini-pci wifi cards - Atheros
ps56k wrote:
We currently have Dell internal 1300 mini-pci (not express) wifi cards in our Dell laptops. They use the Broadcom chipset. We can see a couple of nearby WAPs. My wife's Fujitsu laptop - with an Atheros internal card - can see about 12 nearby WAPs... I'm wondering about getting an Atheros card for our laptop to see if the sensitivity is actually better ? This was one of the few places I could find it - http://www.oxfordtec.com/us/MiniPCI-...duct_info.html comments ? -- ---------------------------------- "If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something." - Steven Wright From my experience, the Broadcom wifi cards are among the weakest for wifi reception. You may find that your Dell laptop rejects an Atheros card. It all depends on the model. I have not done enough tinkering around with enough Dell laptops to determine if the Dell laptop BIOSes accept only certain wifi cards. (Not enough time, and no $$ in it for me.) I did encounter difficulties with several miniPCI wifi cards in older Dells like the Inspiron 8200 and its twin, the Latitude C840. Intel cards generally provide good wifi reception, better than the Broadcom. Dell has often shipped systems with Intel cards, so they are generally a better bet than Atheros cards. Use your service tag on the Dell web site to find a list of the drivers and supported cards for your model of Dell laptop. Then get one of the supported Intel cards. On the other hand, if lack of really good wifi reception is not a real handicap, why switch? .... Ben Myers |
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