Hi there,
I have a Dell XPS Lx502 laptop and I have this card and I live in a 2 bedroom apartment in HongKong and I still get low ping and not much range when I use it to connect to my wireless router and I have a good internet connection.
I want to upgrade my wireless adapter to the mosst latest and strongest and compatible one.
Which one do you suggest?
DELL told me that I could use the following cards:
Wireless and Bluetooth combo cards
Intel Centrino Advanced N-6235.
Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230.
Intel® Centrino Wireless-N 2230 WLAN/BT Half Mini-Card
Dell Wireless 1703 WLAN/BT Combo Half Mini-Card.
Dell Wireless 1704 WLAN/BT Combo Half Mini-Card.
Dell Wireless 1701 WLAN Half-Mini Card.
Dell Wireless 1901 WLAN/BT Combo PCI-E Half Mini-card
Wireless cards
Intel Wi-Fi Link 6200 or 6300 Wireless-N Half Mini-Cards
Dell Wireless 1506 WLAN Half Mini-Card
Dell Wireless 1503 WLAN Half-Mini Card
Dell Wireless 1502 WLAN Half Mini-Card
Dell Wireless 1702 WLAN Half Mini-Card
Dell Wireless 1520 WLAN Half mini-Card
What do you think is the latest?
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Assuming you don't need Bluetooth Intel 6200 is the most reasonable choice (or Intel 6300 if you have three antennas installed).
If you need Bluetooth you're limited to Intel 6230/6235 (it's basically the same card).
That said- you're in HK so I assume 2.4GHz band is overcrowded. You should consider replacing your current router with a simultaneous dual band one and use 5GHz range on all devices that support it (all cards I recommended above support 5GHz band too)
Upgrade from Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 1030
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by chrismt, Oct 8, 2012.