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802.11N PCI Mini Card in Dell Latitude D610?

Discussion in 'Dell Latitude, Vostro, and Precision' started by kmand, Feb 5, 2010.

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  1. kmand

    kmand Newbie

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    The D610 comes with an 11G Mini PCI card with 2 antenna connections. 11N cards have 3 antenna connections. Can I replace the 11G card with an 11N and just connect the 2 antenna wires that are present?
     
  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    If you can even find a regular mini PCI wireless N card... I'm sure it'd work. Dell doesn't whitelist or anything silly like that. It just won't work as well as if you had all three antenna connected.
     
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    kmand Newbie

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    Just there are a few with regular mini pci. I'm looking at

    http://www.oxfordtec.com/us/p138/Sp...pset)-Wireless-miniPCI-card/product_info.html

    Just connect any 2 and hope for the best? Is it likely to do any better than the G card without 3 antennas?
     
  4. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    If you have N infrastructure in place, it'll probably be faster than your G card on G infrastructure. Probably won't do the full whatever N is rated at, but then again, few cards actually do.
     
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