Wireless questions for DV2310

hi,

seems like my interal wifi is dying... signal fades significantly whenever I go two stories up my house. My newer laptop is fine. Is there a compatible 802.11N PCI card for this laptop? Is the internal card a PCI or mini PCI? Also, I tried using my old USB wireless adapter, but it cant detect my router. It detects my neighbours, but not mine...weird. and advise is appreciated. thanks

 

Pavilion dv2310us specifications

Unfortunately HP has a whitelist in the BIOS that locks out all but a handful of internal WiFi cards. You might be able to find the correct part # from the HP service guide and/or partsurfer.hp.com and search for that part on eBay.

I'm going to guess that your newer laptop simply has a better card and/or better antennas. Your USB adapter has far worse range. If you can run Ethernet from your router to the upper floor of your house, plug in a second router up there, configure it as an AP (no DHCP server), give it the same SSID (network name) and encryption, and your laptop will connect to whichever radio gives it the strongest signal. Works great at my house.

 

Thanks for the input. I do have another wireless router hanging around the house. Its only a G network. My main router is N. So basically run a cable from the N router to the G router stationed on the upper floor? I'm not sure if I understand how to set up the configurations though...

 

You might also try turning up both the "Roaming Aggressiveness" and the "Transmit Power" on your notebook to either medium-high or highest. To do this, go to Device Manager and find your wireless card. Right click "Properties" select the "Advanced" tab and make the changes via the selections windows.

Worth a try at least anyway.....

 

My router is a G and my AP is a N (WRT54GL and WRT310N running DD-WRT). Ideally I'd have two WRT310N's but that costs $. The biggest trouble you'll have is putting in the Ethernet cable connecting the two radios. Reconfiguring your old G router to be an AP is pretty easy, though you should probably plug it into your laptop directly to reconfigure it. Make sure it has a different static IP address than your primary router, turn off the DHCP server, give it the same encryption settings... I think that's it. You might have to temporarily give your notebook a static IP address in the same address block that the G router uses (192.168.1.x is typical for Linksys, so make your notebook 192.168.1.4 and change the router to 192.168.1.2).

 

thanks guys!

 

a noob question, does the dv2310 has wireless N support?

wireless N is the fastest out there right?