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    Question about dell wireless N card install

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Carbonfly, Apr 30, 2008.

  1. Carbonfly

    Carbonfly Newbie

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    Hey everyone,

    I just bought an Intel 4965AGN card to replace my Intel 3945ABG card. I also ordered a 3rd antenna from Oxfordtec to get the full wireless N capabilities.

    Well I opened up my laptop and removed the old card and put the new card in. When I opened the bay I noticed that there are 2 other antennas in there for a total of 4. I have the white and black one that were on the old card. And I have a White/Gray and Black/Gray antenna that are not attached to anything.

    Can I use one of these extra antenna's instead of the one that I ordered from oxfordtec? Does it matter which one I use?

    Thanks!

    Oh, what is the best way to test my connection to my Linksys WRT600N router to determine if I am getting a full wireless N connection?
     
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  2. Sparky 1720

    Sparky 1720 Notebook Consultant

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    The 1720 had an all grey wire that was for the 3rd connection to N and the striped greys were for bluetooth or WWAN cards I don't recall right now. You can try it and see what happens.

    If you have Vista you can right click on the connection and choose Status and it will tell you your connection speed. Further you can just transfer a file to a network share that is connected to the router via Gigabit and see what speed you get. Be prepared for less than 270/8 speeds because wireless radio overhead chews up A LOT of the bandwidth. I get in the neighborhood of 10.5 on average to 12.5 Mega Bytes (not bits) a second on large file transfers. My gigabit card on my desktop that I transfer files to had a network traffic monitor that gives a percentage of used bandwidth and it would report 15.6% utilization of the gigabit connection.
     
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  3. Carbonfly

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    Okay, I checked the status of mine and it says the speed is 270Mbps. I guess using the gray/black wire worked fine.

    Thanks a lot!
     
    Carbonfly, Apr 30, 2008
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