Hello, I am trying to choose form the following wireless options, could someone please advise which i should choose?
Dell Wireless 1490 802.11a/g Mini Card [Included in Price]
Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Mini-card add $0
Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card [add $25 or $1/month1]
Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-card [add $35 or $2/month1]
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Just listening in (I had the exact same question).
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When I asked awhile ago I was told to go for the intel cards over the dell ones. Unless you have or plan on upgrading to wireless N the Intel® 3945 802.11a/g Mini-card should work just fine.
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I just bought a Vostro 1400 and it came with the Dell 1505 and I had nothing but trouble with it so I called Dell and they sent me the Intel 3945 and it has worked perfect from the start. hope this helps!
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I have a 4965n on my m1330 - works so well =}
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What are advantages of this 4965n over the other wireless cards ?
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Nothing really, except that the mainboard, wireless & CPU all have the same vendor. That can improve performance, but very slightly.
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Hence, Intel was my choice. Of course, if there was an Atheros card lying around, I'd swap it out instantly. Atheros g, even. -
I have the Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card, and i have had no problems with it.
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I have the Intel 4695agn in my new Dell 1720 and it is working great with my current D-Link 802.11b/g router. That router is several years old. This week I'm going to install a new d-link dir-615 router. We'll see then how it does with 802.11N (draft 2.0)
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blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
I'm getting tired of some miss information that keeps been said. 11n has better distance than 11g. In reality if you had a old 11g yes. But the actual fact is that its all based on path loss of the freq being used. NOT the spec that the wireless is using. 2.4 will out distance 5 ghz. It has less path loss when penetrating walls.
Here is an article discussing pass loss. If you note it only refers to the freq, 2.4ghz. g or n does not matter. Radio sensitivity does. And I think a lot of the 11n hardware are using the latest and greatest radios, which have better sensitivity with less noise. Again 11g or 11n spec does not matter its freq. http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30124/98/
What I suspect is that the users that say they got a distance increase is based on the quality of the equipment the moved from. I know my 11g penetrates 4 walls 55' and I still get 54mbps speed, and the AP is not turned up to full power. I see no need for full power, since it does my needs and I don't want to cause problems with other wireless networks in my area. -
Intel-N Next Gen has worked awesome for me.
Dell Wireless options
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by ccoleman88, Mar 30, 2008.