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    Dell Wireless 1390 N-draft compatible?

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by lanwarrior, Dec 25, 2007.

  1. lanwarrior

    lanwarrior Notebook Evangelist

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    When I ordered my XPS M1530, the Dell Wireless 1390 card was shown as a 802.11 a/g compatible only. However, when I download the driver version 12.18.2007, it seems that that card IS N-compatible. The release note says:

    Additionally, your Dell wireless WLAN card has the following features:

    • IEEE 802.11a operation (5-GHz frequency band)

    • IEEE 802.11g operation (2.4-GHz frequency band)

    • Draft IEEE 802.11n operation (2.4-GHz frequency band and 5-GHz frequency band) with a network data rate of up to 270 Mbps for a 40-MHz bandwidth channel and 130 Mbps for a 20-MHz bandwidth channel

    Is it true? I don't have an N-router (yet) so I can't test it.
     
    lanwarrior, Dec 25, 2007
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  2. Vizel

    Vizel Notebook Consultant

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    I believe it can pick up N in 2.4ghz mode, just that you can't take advantage of speed and range
     
    Vizel, Dec 25, 2007
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  3. lanwarrior

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    That's what I thought, but the readme.txt file says "...a network data rate of up to 270 Mbps for a 40-MHz bandwidth channel and 130 Mbps for a 20-MHz bandwidth channel...". Sounds like the card have the N-draft chip...
     
    lanwarrior, Dec 25, 2007
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