Intel Wireless + Bigfoot Killer-N 1103 in m17x r3 possible?

I know about the wireless card under the keyboard, which mine is an Intel Wireless 1000, but was wondering if I could add the Bigfoot Killer-N 1103 to the WirelessHD slot (it was confirmed as an extended mini-pcie slot in previous post) and have both wireless cards in my system, and just use one at a time?

My reason for asking is I love the Intel WIDI feature, but would love to use the Bigfoot 1103 for when I'm online gaming, where i need the lowest ping and latency possible as every nano-second counts. Could I possibly have both installed, and just disable one then enable the other, switching back and forth as needed.

As for the cable connector's, I planned on just soldering 3 wires to the existing 3 wires and extending it to the other card, or swapping card positions and just do 2 wires. That way both cards would get good signal.

 

i tried something similar in an older gen Area51 m15x, and had poor results. i did excatly the same, soldering the wires, having a 5100 in one slot, and a 5300 in the other. i could never get it to initialize both it would show them both as working but the 5300 would never connect.

I would love to see if it would work, and simultaneously, so i could segregate network connections when attempting penetration on a network through a VM. I don't see why it wouldn't work, but im not entirely familiar yet with the MB we have in our machines, but i may try it when my 6300 gets here.

 

I'm not too sure about having them both working simultaneously , as it might confuse the windows wireless-zero config system, but I'm no expert in that area and don't understand it fully. I do know windows can work off dual internet streams if one is wireless and the other is Ethernet though. As for dual wireless, maybe someone can chime in about it being possible. Might just have to try it out and report my findings here, as I can't find anything about it on google.

 

clever, which VM solution are you using? VirtualBox cannot take direct control of any of the mini-pci cards in the system and as such, cannot inject. However, this little beauty works wonderfully. Its small/discrete and has a damn nice range due to its dual antenna design (300Mbps). This allows me to remain connected to typical wireless networks and use the internal Intel 6300 for injection. Though I recently learned that the 6300 supports being connected to one network and allowing you to scan AND inject on another.

When I need to actually inject, I had been booting to Linux because of this reason. Of course, the Virtualbox forums don't seem to be too friendly when asking about how to snag control of the mini-pci adapter for injection purposes (totally understandable).

The one thing I have always wanted to try, is this. By all accounts, this would give us the best of both worlds. When I need to do a round of security sweeps on my new job, I will see if I can order this and test it out. Until then, not a clue if it would do any good.

 

Ok, I finally got my Killer WirelessN 1103 card in a few days ago and installed it in the proprietory Mini-PCIE where the Intel Wireless 1000 card was. Then moved the Intel card to the WirelessHD slot and screwed it down. Device manager is showing both cards enabled and I have the Intel Pro Wireless drivers and Intel MyWifi software installed. When I run the Intel Diagnostics it shows the radio is off. I can't figure out for the life of me how to turn it on.

I also do not have any wires connected to the Intel card as I'm about 5 feet away from my router and figure it would pull some kind of signal being that close.

My question is does anyone know how to turn the radio on through some kind of software? I checked the properties and there is no option to turn the radio on.

My plan is to use the Killer Wireless for 5GHz and the Intel 1000 for 2.4GHz that way I can still keep Intel WIDI.

 

That sounds cool! I just installed my 1103 and I have nothing to do with my old card so maybe I could do what you're doing...

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Thanks, I'm just wondering how the On-Screen Display Wifi Button turns on the radio for the Killer 1103. Once I figure that out then maybe I can rig it to turn on both wireless cards radios.

Maybe someone can chime in on how the Wifi Button turns on the radio, like via one of the black or white antenna cables or via software control? I know the wifi button can be set to turn on the Wifi, Bluetooth, and DMC via the BIOS, but not sure exactly how it toggles them on and off.

 

Beast, you plugged the intel card in the second mini pcie slot which is for the HD wireless...your wireless card won't work there