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    SOny S170 (built in ) wireless LAN

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by alfa, Oct 11, 2004.

  1. alfa

    alfa Notebook Enthusiast

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    I recently bought as preconfigured S170 from Sonystyle. Its got A Centrino 1.7Ghz with 2MB cache and DVD-writer.
    When i printed the configuration it didnt show that it had wifi built in.

    Question:
    1. Is there a way to check if it has wifi built in? I have no way of knowing as the laptop was shipped to my cousin in LA and i'll see her and (sigh) my laptop next week.
    2. If there's none is there aplace where i can buy the Wifi over the counter or preferably online. I know its user installable as i saw a picure in this forum of an opened underside of an S170 and i noticed that there was a card (with intel printed on it) beside the memory chips.

    TIA
     
    alfa, Oct 11, 2004
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  2. Brian

    Brian Working at 486 Speed NBR Reviewer

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    I don't think you can even opt out of wireless on these machines, so I'm sure it's there. If you want to know, call customer service. As for the card itself, it's a mini-PCI card that drops right into a slot, an easy install.

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    Brian, Oct 12, 2004
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    jpasint Newbie

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    Is it really a Celeron? You can look in the properties of “My Network Places” or in the device manager. Does it have a switch on the left front of the case for turning WiFi on and off?

    Joe
     
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  4. alfa

    alfa Notebook Enthusiast

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    Thanks for the replies and i'm keeping my fingers crossed that i have the wireless LAN.
    Just in case i dont have teh wireless LAN built in, any of you guys know the part number that i need and where i can order it?
     
    alfa, Oct 12, 2004
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  5. krlock

    krlock Notebook Enthusiast

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    hi there...

    im sure you DONT have a CELERON, and that you DO have a CENTRINO mobile processor.

    Heres the Great News... Centrino processors have built in wireless technology as standard. a quick google check for your model confirms this... wifi is not an option it is built in.

    even better news.. you get both wifi standards, called b and g... g is even way faster than the old style b technology...

    happy days for you!!!

    krlock

    yep... thats me.
     
    krlock, Oct 13, 2004
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  6. AuroraS

    AuroraS Notebook Virtuoso

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    True that g is faster than b... but you can't surf the net any faster than you would be able to on b.
    And g is often plagued with connection drops and other such mishaps... from my own experience, even though g and b use a frequncy of 2.4 GHz, g is much more unstable.
    b works like a dream, however

    ASUS M6800Ne, P-M 1.5 Dothan, 512MB Ram, ASUS Combo drive, Samsung Spinpoint M 40G HDD with 8M cache, Mobility Radeon 9700
     
    AuroraS, Oct 13, 2004
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