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I'm thinking of getting this one for my laptop. Anyone know of any better adapters that basically look like this for around the same price?
The wireless adaptor on my laptop sucks. This one good?
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What kind of laptop do you have?
I didn't like (no support for WPA2 encryption) the internal Dell wireless card in my Latitude D820, so I replaced it with an internal Intel 3945ABG card.
You probably could do the same thing with your laptop, instead of using an external adapter.
I didn't like (no support for WPA2 encryption) the internal Dell wireless card in my Latitude D820, so I replaced it with an internal Intel 3945ABG card.
You probably could do the same thing with your laptop, instead of using an external adapter.
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I have a Gateway MT3421. It has an onboard 802.11g wireless LAN card, but the range sucks ass, it seems to have intermittent problems, and needs to be replaced. I was told it would cost quite a bit to replace it with an internal device, but I'm not sure if that's really the case.Glocksman wrote:What kind of laptop do you have?
I didn't like (no support for WPA2 encryption) the internal Dell wireless card in my Latitude D820, so I replaced it with an internal Intel 3945ABG card.
You probably could do the same thing with your laptop, instead of using an external adapter.
According to Gateway's site, your machine has a cover on the bottom for the Mini-PCI slot* and that'd be where your existing card is located.
You can find Intel 2200BG wireless cards on eBay for around $20 or so.
*Mine is under the keyboard and it took a little more work to swap out.
You can find Intel 2200BG wireless cards on eBay for around $20 or so.
*Mine is under the keyboard and it took a little more work to swap out.
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I thought most dell wireless drivers really have broadcom chipsets? You might have been able to use the HP broadcom drivers to get WPA2 (I did that w/ a crappy Linksys card based on a broadcom chip)
I prefer Atheros over intel, always worked better for me, plus more features like SoftAP. However I'm also using Linux, so the drivers are different
Here's a minipci version
http://www.google.com/products?q=minipc ... &scoring=p
Some d-link pc cards also have these.
You're probably safer w/ Intel on Windows though. Before replacing your card, you probably should make sure it's not your access point going bad.
I prefer Atheros over intel, always worked better for me, plus more features like SoftAP. However I'm also using Linux, so the drivers are different
Here's a minipci version
http://www.google.com/products?q=minipc ... &scoring=p
Some d-link pc cards also have these.
You're probably safer w/ Intel on Windows though. Before replacing your card, you probably should make sure it's not your access point going bad.
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It was a Broadcom, and I didn't even think of trying non Dell drivers. 
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