New Dell Driver for Dell Wireless Cards (11/13/07)

available to download at: http://support.dell.com/support/dow...-1&impid=-1&formatcnt=1&libid=5&fileid=230109

This release supports the Dell Wireless 1350, 1370, 1390, 1395, 1450, 1470, 1490, 1500, 1505 series Mini Card, MiniPCI and PC Card devices (not USB).

Fixes and Enhancements:


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

• Added Support for the Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini Card

NOTE: The Wi-Fi Catcher™ feature is not supported with the Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini Card on the following computers: D820, M65, D420, and D620.
• Dell Wireless 1500/1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card only: 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

• Network data rate of up to 54 Mbps for legacy cards and up to 270 Mbps for Dell 1500/1505 Draft 802.11n cards

• Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery (UAPASD) support

• Cisco Compatible Extensions v4 support

• Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) support

• smart card authentication support, including authentication during single sign-on

• Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility for performing network tasks and viewing wireless network information

• Wireless Network Connection Settings tool for connecting to advanced networks or creating ad hoc networks

• Wireless Network Wizard for connecting to basic networks and ad hoc networks or creating ad hoc networks

New for this release
• Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN Mini Card

 

Thanks for posting

 

thanks for the update

 

Hey, couple of questions in regard to the 1505:

1) How do I change the bandwidth channel to 40 MHz so that I can get 270Mbps?

2) Is there any documentation in regard to the advanced property settings? (please see attached)

 

That was an incredibly useful update, thanks!!

My 1420 with the dell 1390 card took upwards of 30 seconds to connect to the network with the old driver. This new one allows me to be on the internet pretty much instantly rather than the long delay I kept having to deal with ( kept saying searching for network until it finally connected to my Motorola SBG900 router). My M1330 with the intel card doesn't have this problem, nor did my old truemobile 1150 card on my old Dell laptop; only this 1390 gave me network connection problems ( did the usual, uninstall, reinstall, change every configuration possible without success). Seems Dell figured out there was an issue within Vista because this updated driver has taken care of the problem.

Thanks Nizzy for solving this annoying head scratcher for me!!

 

I can't find the driver as the link no longer works. Can anyone help me?

 

yeah can somebody fix the link?
i need it too

 

I posted a zip file of the driver to mediafire's hosting site.... 55MB's

http://www.mediafire.com/?a3sz0p13xij

 

I found the old driver to be quite slow. It "seems" slower then the old technology.

I was able to find the link on Dell's site direct to the new driver in case anyone wants to download this directly.

I hope this driver helps a bit to speed things up

http://ftp.us.dell.com/network/R169067.EXE