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    Intel 6230, Wimax or Not?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by gtkansan, May 5, 2011.

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    gtkansan Notebook Guru

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    I was told this intel 6230 in my XPS15 L502x was a combined Wifi, Wimax, AND bluetooth. It seems to not let me install ANYthing to manage wimax. Are the lovely and INCOMPETENT dell idiots messing me up again>?
     
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    So thats a no then
     
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    gtkansan Notebook Guru

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    Can anyone verify that the XPS 15 cannot have both bluetooth and Wifi at the same time?
     
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    Umm I think the 6230 has wifi and BT on the same card....
     
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    Oops, I meant BT and WIMAX
     
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    The 6230 is WiFi and BT 3.0 only. If you want WiMax (4G), you need the Intel 6250 card. Then you need to either use an external BT device or there some mini-PCIe BT cards that can be used in the empty WWAN slot next to the WiFi... so THEN you would be able to have all three internally.

    This is one thing Dell changed between the L701x and the L702x that I do not understand. The L701x has a motherboard header that accepts a devoted BT module and now that the Dell 375 BT 3.0 module is available, it would work nice if Dell offered the same header on the L702x motherboard, which they do not. :rolleyes: If they did, you can have the Intel 6250 card for Wifi and WiMax and the Dell 375 for the BT. You would also then have the WWAN slot available for SSD turbo memory, a TV module, GPS, or whatever else you want. Oh well... such is life.

    Note- You cannot use WiFi and WiMax at the same time regardless of the hardware used. The RF signals are too close in frequency not to conflict so one is automatically disabled when the other is in use (in most cases).

    Scott-
     
    Scott_RC-TEK, May 6, 2011
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