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    Killer Wireless n1103

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by edm11, Oct 27, 2011.

  1. edm11

    edm11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi all

    I have the above with my new m17x.

    Was just wondering

    1) Can the n1103 fucntion without the killer network manager? It seems to be giving me problems after i did a netsh winsock reset. keeps prompting " LSP not mapped correctly" I had to do system restore to undo it as i read that this was the fix if my itunes 10.5 had conflicts with it as the app store wont load and my iphone could not back up

    2) I see that bigfoot site has new drivers for the card. Anyone tried it yet? I downloaded it and was prompted that i must uninstall the existing one before upgrading. Its safe right? Dell ones seem to be outdated.

    So if i uninstall the killer network manager, the n1103 can still work by itself right?

    Wonder when there will be a fix as itunes cannot work and i do not want to do the netsh winsock reset cos it seems to affect the wireless cards and stuff

    Thanks for reading all!
     
    edm11, Oct 27, 2011
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  2. inap

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    yes you can run it without the network manager. i have it installed but disabled.
     
    inap, Oct 27, 2011
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    Mkkillah Notebook Evangelist

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    you can use it without the network manager yes.
    I run the newest drivers from the site of Bigfoot no problems so far.
     
    Mkkillah, Oct 28, 2011
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  4. edm11

    edm11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    how do i disable the network manager?

    The new drivers will also include the new version of network manager right? So i just need to uninstall the network manager?
     
    edm11, Oct 28, 2011
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    Jus71n Notebook Consultant

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    New drivers? where these at? the ones on bigfoots website are dated july 15th 2011 when I just looked?
     
    Jus71n, Oct 28, 2011
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    if u uninstall bigfoot network manager, the n1103 will also cease to function. i did that and i had no internet connection unless i install the new drivers again.

    So now i need to know if i can disable the network manager and still get to use the n1103.. hmm

    the new driver is 6.1.0.183
     
    edm11, Oct 28, 2011
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    edm11 Notebook Enthusiast

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    disabled via msconfig

    Anyone knows how to update the drivers of the n1103 with the atheros drivers?

    Suppose to be better? is it compatible?
     
    edm11, Oct 28, 2011
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  8. Dr. J

    Dr. J Notebook Deity

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    Post about 2 weeks ago (I think from Revalator) that the Dell driver is the faster of the lot.
     
    Dr. J, Oct 28, 2011
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  9. widezu69

    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    Yeah I get better Ping with the Dell ones.
     
    widezu69, Oct 28, 2011
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    saturnotaku, Oct 28, 2011
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