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    Intel WiFi Link 5300

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by nekrosoft13, Jul 15, 2008.

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    I believe the WiFi Link 5100 and 5300 are part of the Centrino 2 platform and as such, were only officially launched yesterday. I doubt anybody would've gotten hold of a module this quick (except on review units).
     
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    dell supposedly posted the driver at
     
    nekrosoft13, Jul 15, 2008
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    But they were not allowed to sell them until 7/14 :p
     
    Joako, Jul 15, 2008
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    The title says "for Studio 15". Probably Centrino 2 will be launched on Studio 15. I don't know if it will be loose for the M1530, but from opening my M1730, I can definitely tell that the 5300 will never fit into the M1730. So, if the design of the slot is the same for M1730 and M1530, which probably is, the card only fills halfway and not held by any lock (which means hanging loose).
     
    ckh20051988, Jul 20, 2008
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    it will fit, i just bought full size card for my XPS 1530

    will arrive sometime mid next week
     
    nekrosoft13, Jul 20, 2008
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    After upgrading, can you briefly review the performance improvement? I might want to upgrade my m1730 too.
     
    ckh20051988, Jul 21, 2008
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    will do once it arrives

    I currently have two cards, Broadcom based Dell 1505, and Atheros based 5008 model

    Atheros is light years faster then Broadcom but Atheros still haven't ported their control panel to Vista so most advanced card options are missing in vista.

    Plus wi-fi switch and detect doesn't work with atheros.
     
    nekrosoft13, Jul 21, 2008
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    what improvements is this supposed to offer?
     
    jayno20, Jul 21, 2008
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    Thanks for the link. I guess I am still wondering what the differences are between the card we have now (49?? I believe) and this new one. Can anyone illuminate? TIA!
     
    yasdaz, Jul 26, 2008
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    Looking at the specs of both, it looks like the max speed is 450 vs 300 mbps, a big increase if you have a "n" router
     
    bald, Jul 26, 2008
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    Is that the only difference? And yes, does look like a nice speed increase :)!
     
    yasdaz, Jul 27, 2008
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    did any1 figured out if that card supports 2.4ghz and 5ghz Simultaneous ? if so it should be great combo with WRT610N or the DIR-855.
     
    Nir, Jul 28, 2008
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    The 5300 is a 3X3. In theory, it would have better performance than the 4965. There are no true 3X3 AP's available yet though.
     
    sgip2000, Jul 28, 2008
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    Thanks for your reply. Excuse my ignorance but what is 3x3? I appreciate your time with this :)!
     
    yasdaz, Jul 29, 2008
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    anyone know where I can buy one of these. Will this work in any pcie equipped laptop
     
    aleicgrant, Aug 2, 2008
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    3x3 means that it has 3 transmit antennas and 3 recieve antennas. The old intel 4965 had 2 transmit antenna and 3 recieve antennas.

    You cna find more info here: http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3356&p=6
     
    BigCheese, Aug 3, 2008
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    Thanks, I appreciate your time and the link!
     
    yasdaz, Aug 3, 2008
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    Did you ever get your 5300 card? Does it work? Any differences? Thanks!
     
    lancorp, Aug 11, 2008
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    5300 definitely has better support since it is the newest and comes with all Dell Studio laptops. Not sure on exact numbers, but it should be an improvement over the 1510.
     
    Forte, Aug 11, 2008
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    Are there still no 3X3 APs that will hit 450mbps with the 5300? I want my 450mbps!!
     
    kfm187, Nov 22, 2008
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    Did anyone have success to run Intel WiFi Link 5300 on xps m1530?
    Mine can not start drivers :(
     
    Slash_Sl, Dec 5, 2008
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