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    Where the hell can I buy an 802.11ac WLAN card?!?

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by rtho782, Jul 29, 2013.

  1. rtho782

    rtho782 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all,

    It seems 802.11ac cards finally exist, ASRock is shipping desktop motherboards with half height miniPCIe broadcom 802.11ac cards, Dell is putting them in the new Alienwares, but where the hell can I buy one for my R2???

    I know there is an Intel one available but there are no Windows 7 drivers for it. It's insane that seemingly the only way to get 802.11ac is via a USB2 dongle which then gives you a 480mbit limit (USB2 bandwidth).

    Are Broadcom only selling them to OEMs?

    Thanks!
     
    rtho782, Jul 29, 2013
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  2. shnarf

    shnarf Notebook Consultant

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    I have the Broadcom BCM4352 and the Intel 7260AC. both came from ebay. the intel can be found for less than $40 and the Broadcom cost me $100. so far they perform about the same connecting to my Asus AC router @ 866.5.
     
    shnarf, Jul 29, 2013
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  3. rtho782

    rtho782 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Searching for BCM4352 on ebay has yielded a couple of results :)

    Have you gotten the Intel working on Windows 7?
     
    rtho782, Jul 29, 2013
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    fratricide Newbie

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    fratricide, Jul 30, 2013
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    rtho782 Notebook Enthusiast

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    rtho782, Jul 31, 2013
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  6. davidricardo86

    davidricardo86 Notebook Deity

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    Not true. There's a Windows 7 driver which can be found here. Im using the Intel AC 7260 in my 6475b under Windows 7 right now.

    Sent from my XT557 using Tapatalk 2
     
    davidricardo86, Jul 31, 2013
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    bigtonyman Desktop Powa!!!

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    lucky ducks. I don't even have a dual band router to take advantage of my 1103 yet. :(
     
    bigtonyman, Jul 31, 2013
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    rtho782 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thankyou, I love you!!!
     
    rtho782, Aug 1, 2013
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    davidricardo86 Notebook Deity

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    I bought my card from gentech pc for $35 shipped. Speak with Ken.

    Sent from my XT557 using Tapatalk 2
     
    davidricardo86, Aug 2, 2013
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  10. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    That's a great deal. Will take it into consideration for my PC haha.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Aug 9, 2013
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  11. Lozz

    Lozz Top Overpriced Dell

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    I'm bringing this back considering people are having problems with the broadcom units shipping with the AW 14's.

    For $30 it seems like a fairly reasonable attempt at a fix that I might give a try should the issues not be resolved before my new router arrives.
     
    Lozz, Sep 5, 2013
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