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    What wireless usb adapter to buy

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by icon007, Mar 11, 2009.

  1. icon007

    icon007 Notebook Evangelist

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    i have a np5620 sager laptop that doesn't have wireless built in. i bought a wireless card and it will not work, so thinking it might be a bad card and borrowed another one it doesn't work. so thinking that the pci slot is bad and i want ths old laptop to be connected to the net i want to to try a usb wireless adapter.....................my question is do they really work and which one is good. i only spent $15 buck on my belkin at compgeeks but will pay more to get the old girl to connect wirelessly.
     
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  2. gerryf19

    gerryf19 I am the walrus

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    I am against USB wireless adapters as a rule....I use them for emergency connections but I find they tend to burn out quickly if used for any large downloads (say, a windows service pack)

    Now, if your pcimia slot isn't working check device manager and see if there is any devices with a yellow exclamation point.

    If all looks OK, did you install the drivers for the wireless card correctly? (usually, wireless driver, then plug in adapter)
     
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  3. wlan_man

    wlan_man Notebook Consultant

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    The SparkLAN UBR-505N is a pretty good card.
    Does 11n @ 2.4 and 5.8Ghz

    I did a review here you can find more USB adaptors here
    OxfordTEC also have many other Wlan cards
     
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