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    New Mini-PCIE Wireless Card

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by andrew510, Jan 18, 2010.

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    Hey All, I was wandering if you could offer me some advice on a new wireless card. I currently have a 2-Antenna Dell Wireless 1505 card in my XPS M1530 laptop. To my knowledge, it's simply a re-branded Broadcom chip. Anyway, I've noticed that this card suffers badly from drop outs in parts of my house and I'm getting sick of the Internet dropping out. I am considering changing but cannot get a clear idea on which card to get.

    At the moment, I have been looking at either:
    1) Intel Wi-Fi Link 5300
    2) Atheros AR5008.

    Does anyone have any advice on a good Wireless N card, either advice on these two or another suggestion.
    The card will be connecting to a Netgear DG834N Router so good wireless N is a must. My laptop also has the third antenna which is currently unused.

    Thanks All.
    Andrew
     
    andrew510, Jan 18, 2010
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