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    M11x Wireless Card Swap

    Discussion in 'Alienware M11x' started by CajunCARTFan, May 28, 2010.

  1. CajunCARTFan

    CajunCARTFan Notebook Evangelist

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    My M11X has the Dell 1520 Wlan card in it now. Does anyone know if the Intel WiFi Link 5100 will work and if so will it be any better than the 1520 card?
     
    CajunCARTFan, May 28, 2010
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  2. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    I put the intel 6200 card in, works great. With the dell card I would get 1 bar in my office, the intel card I get 4 bars.
     
    ejohnson, May 28, 2010
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  3. LingJ

    LingJ Notebook Geek

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    Mind telling me where you purchased one?
     
    LingJ, May 28, 2010
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    cbskip Newbie

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    cbskip, Jan 14, 2011
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  5. Genki79

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    Swapped in the intel 6200 as well, works great. Very easy to install. My crappy wifi signal at work is now much more reliable.
     
    Genki79, Jan 14, 2011
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    Also swapped to the intel 6200, connection strength to my router increased by 1 bar, range increased pretty significantly.
     
    RichardRoma, Jan 14, 2011
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  7. MarkTrav82

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    interesting. never thought of doing this...

    edit:
    im i missing something.. dont these cards have the same stats?
     
    MarkTrav82, Jan 14, 2011
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  8. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    I am about to order this. Do I just pop out the 1520DW Half-Mini Card and pop in the Intel 6200?
     
    DeeVu, Jan 14, 2011
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  9. ejohnson

    ejohnson Is that lemon zest?

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    Yes, but make sure you have the drivers for the new 6200 card first.
     
    ejohnson, Jan 15, 2011
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  10. TitanGod

    TitanGod Notebook Evangelist

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    I too have also installed the Intel 6200 :)

    Big improvement in distance :)
     
    TitanGod, Jan 15, 2011
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  11. DeeVu

    DeeVu That Compsci/Psych Major

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    Cheers mate. Ill do a little more research and probably go with this then!


    -DeeVu
     
    DeeVu, Jan 15, 2011
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  12. flynnaz

    flynnaz I am a Night Elf Mohawk!

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    How many antennas does it have?

    Edit: Two :)
     
    flynnaz, Jan 15, 2011
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  13. r0c

    r0c Notebook Consultant

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    Does the Dell card support Wireless N ?
     
    r0c, Jan 15, 2011
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  14. TurboSe7en

    TurboSe7en Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does the intel 6200 card affect battery life?
     
    TurboSe7en, Jan 15, 2011
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  15. Zuluuk

    Zuluuk Notebook Enthusiast

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    Both are N tech to cut cost Dell went with the inhouse brands and the intel card were low in production.

    Dell max speed 150Mbps
    Intel max speed 300Mbps

    When you buy one chances are you might even get a clone :) avoid the ebay.
     
    Zuluuk, Jan 15, 2011
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  16. huiman84

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    Bringing this back from the dead. My stock wireless card is just horrible. Webpages have just been loading slower and slower. I have always had latency issues. My other laptops don't have any problem. I have pretty much pinned it down to this wireless card. I am ordering the Intel one as I type this.
     
    huiman84, Jun 21, 2011
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  17. exProphecy

    exProphecy Notebook Consultant

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    YES I just noticed this problem today. My brother was downloading at 1.5mb/s as I was downloading at 300kb/s.. we were both downloading from Steam and the same exact thing! Is there a difference between older versions? such as 112BN.HMWWB and 622AN.HMWWB? Or how bout 512AN_MMW? Aren't they the same speeds? One is 12.99 and the other is 23.99.. o_O
     
    exProphecy, Jun 27, 2011
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  18. GNandGS

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    Wrong way to test. DL via LAN not wireless. If both on same network only test one at a time.
     
    GNandGS, Jun 27, 2011
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  19. darkdomino

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    Nice! I think I need this Intel 6200 then... I'm pretty unimpressed by the stock wifi card in this thing.

    What kind of speeds are you all getting with the 6200?
     
    darkdomino, Jun 27, 2011
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  20. GNandGS

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    Im getting lots of system freezes... as do some others. Do some search first then decide.
     
    GNandGS, Jun 27, 2011
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