Bigfoot Killer Wireless Card

I was wondering if anyone had some input into the Bigfoot Killer Wireless - N 1102, and 1103.

Is it worth it to upgrade to the 1103 or is the Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 good enough?

Thanks in advance.

 

I would say probably not. I upgraded from the Intel 1000 to the Killer 1102 and it was a huge difference, but the 6300 is already Intel's best card (or one of them). Plus, with the Intel card, you get WiDi capability, if you're interested in that.

 

I agree- while 1103 is a very good card i6300 is one too so an upgrade wouldn't be an especially noticeable one.

 

Here's what I wrote in another thread about my experience with the Killer-N 1102. With my opinion and $0.50 you could make a phone call, but just something to keep in mind.

 

There's a setting you can disable in the Killer software, I think it's performance log or something like that. When it's enabled it uses a ton of resources, but it doesn't really do anything that impacts day to day stuff.

I agree that their software needs some work. My laptop has a key on the keyboard to switch the radio on and off, and it has an LED to indicate power state, but the Killer software changed it to indicate activity, so now I have a furiously blinking LED on my keyboard and no way to disable it

 

It can be disabled in registry or by editing inf file- instructions on how to do that are somewhere on laptop2go in a sub-section with Atheros wireless drivers.

 

Thanks for the heads up, I'll check it out.

I definitely think it should be a setting in the software itself. Lots of people don't feel comfortable mucking about in their registry.

 

I read that the bigfoot killer had better wireless reach with the same antenna than most wireless card, can someone confirm this?

 

Does anyone know if the Killer network software is dependant on Windows 7 wlan config in the same way Intel's Proset is?

 

Hi guys, i just installed a bigfoot killer n 1102 in my asus n53sv. I have a ask you guys, i read everywhere that the main connector to the wifi card is the white one, and the aux is the black, that means white on the left, black on the right.

This is my third asus laptop and asus always uses the other way, black for the main, white for the aux.

Which way should i connect?

 

You should just copy what was in there originally. I don't think it matters, really. When I installed mine, I just made note of which antenna was connected to the 1 socket and which one was connected to the 2 socket and then reconnected them the same way on the new card.

 

If you ever get poor performance, just open her up again, switch the wires and check if the issue is solved. The only time when wire arrangement seemed to matter was on the Atheros card that came in my N50, the intel 6200 that replaced it didn't seem to mind wire arrangement at all.

 

now i have white as main, since the web is full of it, and black as the aux, but for piece of mind i'm going to switch to black main white aux.