Intel Pro/Wireless 2915ABF Network Adapter and N router

I think I already know the answer to this question: I have a linksys G router that I only put up 6 months ago though I had it for a year. But the 54 Mbps is just too slow for me. Direct connection gets 100 Mbps.

Can I use an N router with this card? I am pretty sure the answer is no.

I have an ASUS z70va that is 3 years old and I won't be buying another laptop until sometime next winter or spring.

Is there something I could buy that I could connect with my laptop to allow me to use an N router and take advantage of its higher speed? I remember the days when you could by a PCMCIA card to get wireless connection if your laptop didn't have it. I have lots of slots and connection possibilities on the ASUS (I think even a PCMCIA slot).

Would people recommend brands if I need to get an external adapter?

And brands for N routers?

 

I cannot even find any info on that adapter--I am guessing it is a legacy network adapter. If so, my guess is no, as it wouldn't support the 802.11n standard.

According to your hardware manual here:

http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/nb/M6VA/e1916_m6_hw.pdf

You have a pcimia slot, so you could slide a 32-bit cardbus wireless adapter in there and connect to wireless N.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...Price=&MaxPrice=&PropertyCodeValue=1330:10246


You could also install a usb-interface wireless N adapter, but from my experience I shy away from USB adapters -- at least self contained ones like the Rosewill or Linksys you will see here.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...Price=&MaxPrice=&PropertyCodeValue=1330:10001

The ones you connect via a usb cable tend to last longer in my experience...but they are less convenient. For some reason, every self-contained usb adapter I've ever had has overheated and died within a couple months.

 

I made a typo error: the wireless card is an Intel Pro/Wireless 2915AGB. I am asking the Mods to change the tile of the thread.

So now that I have the right Wireless card #,am I correct that the wireless card in my laptop will not recieve at any faster rate even if I get an N router?

Am I correct that my G wireless router by Linksys will not transmit any faster than the 54 mbps that it does now, even if I get an N wireless card for my laptop as suggested above?

Am I correct that in order to get, wirelessly, the same 100 mbps transmission that I get on a direct plug in via ethernet that I have to get both an N wireless card adapter and an N wireless router?

And finally, is this worth all the hassle or should I just wait until next winter when I get my new latp top whihc will have the latest technology for everythign and buy a corrersponding router for that?

(Grrr... sometimes I hate advancing technology -- one gets so spoiled with the newest capacities -- you just can't seem to live any more with the technology you were extremely happy with for 3 years... )

 

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For my part, I'd say it is not worth the hassle of upgrading a router and card.

For day to day surfing, you will not see a difference between 54g and wireless N.

54g means 54mbps--what's your internet speed? Unless you have FIOS, you're maxing out at 20mbps on any cable or DSL I know of.

So, at 54g you are already exceeding what your internet can privide.

So what does the extra 54g get you?

Faster printing if you print to a lan printer. Faster downloads from one computer to another...how much are you really pushing back and forth on your lan?

With a LAN cable, you get still faster -- but only on your network.

And if you have wireless N and it actually gives you 300mbps....against, all that speed means nothing if you leave your own network.

 

Because I am insecure about my knowledge

Yes, the limit of the transmission on my DSL was explained to me by someone while away from the Boards.

I had made an inference that the reason I had problems with wireless transmission Particularly with on line video watching -- which i need to for professional reasons -- really -- when direct ethernet into the router worked so much better.

The same person explained to me that it was due to the packets of info lost in the wireless transmission due to interference.

See that is why I am insecure about my analyses....

(I also learned that this rather expensive cordless phone system I bought with 5.8ghz a few years ago not to interfere with wireless and other things, worked when the wireless was B but now that it is G all bets are off.)

So now that I understand the situation --- I am giving up the N router idea and just praying that Verizon succeeds in supplanting Comcast with its fios -- because I am sure sick of DSL and how wireless works in my apartment and I will *never* get cable as long as it is Comcast. (I don't have a TV so I don't need cable.)

Thanks everyone for your info and feedback!