I'm about to order a Dell Inspiron and need to decide if I'm going to order it with a Dell Wireless 1505 Wireless-N Mini-card for +$50 or stick with the Dell Wireless 1390 802.11g Mini-Card that comes with it.
What are the pros and cons, and can the card be easily upgraded later? If so, I will probably just go with the default card and decide if this is something I want to do later on.
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As has been posted more times than I care to count, 802.11n requires all pieces to be from the same manufacturer in order to get the full 300mbps speeds. I'd stick with the g card and buy all N equipment from the same company, like D-Link.
No, the card can't be easily upgraded/replaced. I seriously doubt you'd ever find a laptop internal wireless card available. -
blue68f100 Notebook Virtuoso
It may be worth the 11n card if they wire it for 3 antenna's. or if its a dual band, which I don't think it is.
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Thanks, I'll just stick with the default option for now.
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how would you upgrade at a later date? Expresscard?
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kegobeer, just to confirm, if he did get the Dell with the N card, he would have to get a Dell N router to get 300mbps?
What if you get the Intel N card that Dell offers? -
justanormalguy Notebook Consultant
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I would go with the N. The standards are coming out next year. N is backwards compatible b/g. Yes to take advantage you need an N router. The D-Link DIR-655 Xtreme have great reviews and it's only $116 at Costco.
Upgrade to Wireless N now or later?
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by Alex45ACP, Dec 8, 2007.