Just looking for a good usb wifi adapter for my y580 (wifi on this thing kind of sucks)
Dont know much about wifi adapters or cards
tried googling some cards and found
http://wireless-adapter-review.toptenreviews.com/cisco-linksys-ae1000-review.html
dont know if this is good or not, or if theres anything better than this
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Maybe you could find a replacement for the Internal, it would have to be one meant for the Y580 since Lenovo whitelists their wireless adapters.
Otherwise, that cisco adapter should be fine, I used a Linksys WUSB600N before and it worked pretty well. Just don't get one of those mini adapters that are the size of Logitech's nano receiver, the antennas in those are going to be small and range/reception will suffer as a result. -
davidricardo86 Notebook Deity
I'm using a Realtek RTL8191SU USB with external antenna for $10 (new egg). Works great, its Realtek, great drivers and support, and can attach better antenna.
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Im looking for one thats good for gamers, so im trying to look for a really good adapter.
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Replace the internal card rather than buy a USB one preferably with an Intel 6200/6300.
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Or slimly buy a Lenovo card that is supported by BIOS. Y580 is new and popular so you should have no problem finding which cards other users have upgraded to and cards meant for Lenovo are easily available on eBay and such so that shouldn't be a problem either.
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Ive decided to just go for a usb adapter, so here are some choices i found, not sure if these are good or not
ASUS USB-N66 450MBPS 802.11A/B/G/N Dual Band Wireless N900 USB Network Adapter
ASUS USB-N66 450MBPS 802.11A/B/G/N Dual Band Wireless N900 USB Network Adapter
ASUS USB-N13 802.11N USB2.0
ASUS USB-N13 802.11N USB2.0 Wireless Network Adapter
ASUS USB-N53 Black Diamond Dual Band 2.4GHZ 5GHZ
ASUS USB-N53 Black Diamond Dual Band 2.4GHZ 5GHZ Wireless N USB Adapter
ASUS USB-AC53 Dual Band Wirless AC 1200 USB Adapter WiFi Up to 867MBPS/300MBPS
ASUS USB-AC53 Dual Band Wirless AC 1200 USB Adapter WiFi Up to 867MBPS/300MBPS
Valet by Cisco AM10 Valet
Linksys AM10 Valet Wireless N 2.4GHZ USB Adapter
If there are better options, let me know
A good usb wifi card?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by theaznguy, May 7, 2013.