X230 Wi-Fi options

The following options are listed on the page to configure an x230:

Thinkpad 1x1 b/g/n

Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2200 (2x2 BGN)

Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 AGN

No extra charge for the first and second option, $20 extra for the third.

What are the differences? Would there be a difference in the capability to connect to a weaker signal, for instance?

Also, in the display options one can choose 2x2 antenna, or 3x3. (No price difference but you lose the webcam with 3x3. Would that antenna choice make any real world difference, --again-ability to connect to a weaker signal, etc.?

Thanks in advance for the info.

 

I would go with N6205

 

Thanks, but I asked specific questions about differences.

Why would you "go with" N6205?

If there is really something better about it, then I likely would do so too, worth $20 more for better wi-fi reception.

If on the other hand there is nothing better about its performance, only the word "advanced" in the name, that doesn't really give a reason to choose that option.

Could someone familiar with these different choices please explain them? Thank you.

 

I believe the 6205 is considered a business class wireless with additional features like vPro, Enterprise software etc....
otherwise they're pretty much the same.

 

You've asked these questions repeatedly. I did give the answers. You should internalize the answers instead of trying to get some answers that suit your ideas. Furthermore, if you want "definitive and comprehensive" explanations, try to read the relevant Wikipedia pages.

WiFi options for ThinkPad:

• the default Lenovo/RealTek: single channel, single band
• Intel 2200: dual channel, single band
• 6205: dual channel, dual band
• 6300: triple channel, dual band.

"Specific" enough for you? You can always search on these device names and read the details at Intel support website.

There is no good and bad, no right and wrong. You cannot ask other people to choose for you. You must know your requirements and the characteristics of the networking environments your ThinkPad will be working in.

If you go "Huh?" regarding the list above, just spend the money and get the most expensive one that has all the features, most of which you won't need but don't know for sure which ones.

 

Kaso,

Thanks for the info.

Sorry you were having a bad day on Dec. 23, but what you state and imply there about me are simply not correct. You may be confusing me with others.

No, I did not "ask these questions repeatedly". This is the first thread in which I have asked them. This was your first reply to this thread, so you did not reply before this post.

I totally agree with your statements that there is no right or wrong, you cannot ask other people to choose for you. I did not ask anyone to choose for me, nor ask for good or bad, but asked very specific questions about comparison of different options. In fact, although I appreciate it when anyone replies to a query of mine, that is why I found the reply from pepper_john lacking, and requested that he explain more. His reply that "I would go with....", in other words trying to choose for me, based on who knows what, is not what I was asking about, but rather specific differences. No, I was not "trying to get some answers that suit my ideas". I have no idea about the differences between those wi-fi options, so was asking in order to learn and find out.

I doubt that Wikipedia explains configuration options for every computer on the market! But the Notebookreview forums are an excellent place to find out such information, which usually does require asking.

Thank you for the specific technical information you gave, which certainly helps a lot in answering the questions. The only other thing that would be helpful to know is how those technical differences have affected real-world performance?

Thanks again.

 

I did not confuse you with others. You have asked WiFi-related questions and various members, including myself, have provided answers in the " Lenovo X230 display questions" thread started in December 10.

 

Kaso, that was a different thread. about the display options for configuring the x230, and this one is about wi-fi options. There is an area of overlap though, as the display options include the possibility of a 2x2 or 3x3 antenna for wi-fi. The basics of the thread are different though, regarding two different pages of configuration options. It is in no way a duplicate thread.

However, your implying that I am asking people to "choose for me", or that I was trying to "get answers to suit my ideas", are both completely wrong, and not borne out by anything I have written. I had no idea about either of these choices (display or wi-fi), wo was asking to try to learn about these options from others, to help me in making decisions (in no way asking others to choose for me). That is what these forums are for, for users to share and ask about such information. (If you don't want to reply to any post, then don't reply. No sense in replying "look on Wikipedia". The poster asked others here, that is what the forums are for.). I dstill suspect you have built-up resentment towards various posters perhaps, who you think ask others to decide for them, have pre-conceived answers they want to hear, etc., and you let that resentment come out at me, although I did not write anything that could put me in either category.

In any case, thank you for the specific technical information you gave in this thread. (I don't recall what you wrote in the other mentioned thread.)

I guess that theoretically one would get the best wi-fi performance by choosing the 3x3 antenna option in Display configuration, and Advanced Intel in wi-fi configuration (as that can use three antennas.) I would still be curious to know if people who have chosen that configuration have actually noticed better wi-fi performance as a result--ability to pick up weaker signals, etc.? Have there been any comparison tests?

 

Words, words, words...


Check this thread. You can find it by doing a search within this site. (Do your homework.)