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    Another dumb question

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by paul1938, Sep 24, 2007.

  1. paul1938

    paul1938 Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have stated before I know nothing about laptop computers so I have another dumb question. I hope someone will be kind enough to answer it for me. I was checking the Dell Outlet store and checking the Inspirion 1521 laptops. I noticed that instead of having 801 or 802 on the wireless card it had Dell 1505 wireless-n. does this mean if I purchased a computer with a wireless-n I would need an adapter plus a router to connect wireless to the internet. TIA
     
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    rahamanpatrick Notebook Geek

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    The Dell 1505 card will work with all wireless networks being broadcasted by a router or access point. There are four protocols of wireless connection, 802.11a,b,g and n and the 1505 works with all of them.
     
    rahamanpatrick, Sep 24, 2007
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    All you will need is a Wireless Router, an N Wireless. Thats all you really need. Just connect through your laptops internal network "mini-card" to your wireless network and there you have 270 Mlbs, or 300Mlbs. with the Extreme N. -------Hope I could help.
     
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    rahamanpatrick Notebook Geek

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    Just to point out, you don't need to have a "Wireless N" router for it to work, but you will get better speeds with one instead of, say, a "Wireless G" router.
     
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    Yes i agree, but with an N you will get top speeds
     
    ahl395, Sep 28, 2007
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    you may get top speeds, but it DOES NOT MATTER because DSL and cable will only use a fraction of the top N or G bandwidth...
     
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    nolo451 Notebook Guru

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    Thats true. I own an N1 router and I used it with a laptop that has an n card and another without, the speed on the laptop is only about 100-200 kbps faster than the one without...not that big of a deal.
     
    nolo451, Sep 28, 2007
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