I have a Wi-Fi link 1000 cheap card lol in my lenovo y-470
its a minier wifi card I looked. Don`t know what its called. Any cheaper things I can buy maybe less than 30. Its just I hate this wifi link 1000 card lol Perfeabley amazon
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Lenovo (at least used to) white lists their wifi cards, so you can only use a wifi card. If they whitelist cards for the Y470 then you can only use cards that are in the whitelist i.e. in the manual for the Y470. I'd check the user lounge for the yx70 series machines and see what they say there.
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15 WLAN card, WiFi 2x2 AG (N) + WiMAX, Intel 6250NX MOW M PCIE NB HMC 20002321
15 WLAN card,WiFi 2x2 AG (N) + WiMAX, Intel 6150GX MOW M PCIE NB HMC 20002529
15 WLAN card,WiFi 2x2 AG (N) + WiMAX, Intel 6250GX MOW M PCIE NB HMC 20002388
15 WLAN card,WiFi 1x2 BG (N) + WiMAX, Intel 6150NX MOW M PCIE NB HMC 20002484
15 WLAN card,WiFi 2x2 AGN, Intel 6205N MOW M PCIE NB HMC 20002533
15 WLAN card,WiFi 1x2 BGN, Intel 1000N MOW M PCIE NB HMC 20002329
FRU numbers are at the end of each line. Good luck finding the Lenovo FRU numbers, on the net, to buy a replacement, even at the Lenovo parts store. I think Lenovo wants you to use their "service" to upgrade the card. Sure, you get a card that works, and self install, but I'll bet if it doesn't have an FRU (on the card info) from Lenovo, you've just broken your warranty.
The term for these cards are "Half-Mini"
hyelton,
I get a 144 Mbs connection using the Intel .1000 b/g/n wireless card on my Y470. I had to fiddle with the settings on the card, and also on my E3200 router, to achieve the 144 Mbs speed. I get good range on the 802.11N, 2.4 Ghz connection, and that's what matters most of all. Of course, the card can't do 5 Ghz, but that doesn't matter to me. I don't do a lot of "file sharing" on my local network, and my "pipe" to the internet is only 30/5. Even if I had a card that delivered 300-450 Mbs speeds, I couldn't use it. See my speed test.
If you do manage to find/ buy a Lenovo approved FRU Wifi card, please let all of us know WHERE! :yes:
DragonRider
Wanting a New Internal Wi-Fi Card
Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by hyelton, Feb 14, 2012.