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    Increase wi-fi signal strength?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by BetaFire, May 25, 2012.

  1. BetaFire

    BetaFire Notebook Guru

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    When I purchased my m14x back in December, I made sure to get the Killer-N wireless card, as I wanted to make sure I didn't have any dropped connections. Originally, my signal strength was always at 100% across my house. But as of recent, I've been sitting at 50-80%, 100% is very rare. And though it isn't as common, on the occasion when I open my laptop from sleep mode, it fails to find any network connections. I assume it's just a weird glitch with my wireless card, but it still kinda irks me.

    And suggestions, my fellow forumers?
     
    BetaFire, May 25, 2012
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  2. Nivaku

    Nivaku Notebook Evangelist

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    Yeah, goto the device manager and possibly change the power consumption to max.

    Also have you tried updating the driver VIA manufacturer website not the dell website?

    I have some questions with the killer N card. I'm thinking of buying the M14x R2 with the killer N, now does it come with wireless HD options? Does it come with specialty software I can just uninstall/ignore and just let windows do the wireless management?
     
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