Hi, I need a really powerful wifi card that supports 802.11b for my laptop. Does anyone have any suggestions as to what card is the most powerful for this price range? I also don't mind having an antenna on the card.
Thanks for any recomendations!!
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intel wireless n
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Could you give a linky?
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just google for intel N card, it's really not that difficult.........
but if you want an aftermarket, get the atheros N card -
I did google but all I can find are PCI cards?
Here's another card that looks good: http://www.wlanparts.com/product/XI-325HPPLUS
Is the Intel N card better then that one? Could someone provide a link to the laptop version?
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Could you provide link to atheros N card please ( having trouble finding sadly 2 hours wasted )
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maybe this will help--> copied previous post-- also check "ebay"
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nobscot6 - I don't understand, the card in the first link is a mini PCI express. I thought the expansion ports on laptops were PCMCIA?
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This seems like a good deal: http://cgi.ebay.com/Z-COM-XI-325HP-...VQQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1638Q2em118Q2el1247
Has anyone had experience with the 300mw Z-COM card? Apparently is was used in the worlds longest wifi link. -
I assumed that you wanted to replace the internal card and I did not even check the links......
The Express Card slot (replacing the slot known as “PC-Card” replacing the slot formerly known as “PCMCIA”are the biggest standard slot on a laptop designed to handle stuff like wireless cellular modems with antenna and micro hard drives.
D-Link has very nice N express card(DWA-643) and N notebook card(32bit cardbus slot, DWA-652). I had great luck w/ the express card in my HP and hit 300mbps w/ a dlink dir-655 router. You could expect the same w/ the notebook card IF using a good D-link N router.
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Sorry for the confusion! I don't think that card can support 802.11 b? I know it's old technology but most places still have b.
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That's kind of bulky though
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It measures 2"x3".
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I'm really looking for a card though, you know, something I can just pop in my laptop and not have to worry about lugging around..
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I thought you were looking for a router (portable and multi-use). Then get yourself Intel 4965AGN, very good and reliable minicard.
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Nope, I'm not looking for a router. What I'm looking for is not a replacement wireless card for my laptop. I want it to go in the PCMCIA port (or whatever it's called), so that I can hot swap it from laptop to laptop, if that makes sense?
Did you see this link in my other post? That card is only for 802.11b which kind of stinks, but it's cheap and appears to be powerful at 300mw.
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300mW is very good. b is ok, what ISP you have?
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"what ISP you have?"
Well, I don't. Hence the need for long rangeI'm actually hoping to use this most of the time at a local library which has fast internet if you can get right next to the router.
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The reason I'm asking is that you can have a powerful card but the ISP may just be 1/10 of that speed, so uselesss. With b you will get 4-11Mbps, which could be a library WiFi (I'm not sure), perhaps starbucks and even EVDO. I would go with g, so you can get at least 54Mbps and connect to some faster links in the future. Anyway most good cards do a/b/g. So see if the same brand you saw can suppport g as well, although b would be sufficient.
Most Powerful Wifi card under $100?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Nathand, May 2, 2008.