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    airwolfflies

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by airwolfflies, Apr 24, 2009.

  1. airwolfflies

    airwolfflies Newbie

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    :) I'm new to this forum, so please bear with me. I have a Dell Inspiron 1521 laptop with Vista Premium and an AMD 64x2 Dual Core Processor TK-53
    2.0 Gigabytes of RAM, and an ATI Radeon XL1270 Video Card. It also has a Bluetooth Wireless card and other wireless capabilities. I need to know what type of wireless connection it has, a type N or a type G? Or does it really matter? I went through the Device manager panel and tried to find out, but I ended up MORE confused doing that. So can anybody out there help me to find the answer as to whether my laptop's wireless connection gear has a type N or a type G connection? And what does these designations mean anyway?

    Thank You.
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    airwolfflies, Apr 24, 2009
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    Shyster1 Notebook Nobel Laureate

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    Easiest way to find out is to go to the _Dell support page and plug your service tag in; that should bring up several options, including the original configuration of your system when it left the factory. You can also (if you trust _Dell) let the website d/l and run a little app that will dig through your system and then give you a summary of your current configuration, which should include the specific name of your wireless network card.

    Otherwise, go into network connections (or whatever the _Vista version is - you should see an icon for each of your various network adapters, e.g., one for your wireless card, one for your wired ethernet connection, one for your bluetooth, etc), right-click on the icon for the wireless connection, and select the "properties" item on the context menu that pops up. That should bring up a dialog box showing the properties of your wireless adapter, and up near the top it should list the specific name of the adapter.

    Either way, once you've got the name of your adapter, either google on that name to see what comes up, or else post the name here.
     
    Shyster1, Apr 24, 2009
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