best mini pci wireless card?
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Posted by LT on December 10, 2005, 8:23 pm
Please log in for more thread options I'm going to add an internal wireless card (mini pci) to my notebook, which is the best one? I've heard good and bad about Intel cards.... thx LT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Henry on December 11, 2005, 7:13 am
Please log in for more thread options I have 2 Intel's with no probs at all. There will be thousands of these out there and you will only hear about the handful of bad ones. One must expect some electronic failures with mass produced goods. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jerry Park on December 11, 2005, 8:13 am
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LT wrote: > I'm going to add an internal wireless card (mini pci) to my notebook, which
I would avoid the Intel card. They have driver issues which Intel hasn't
> is the best one? I've heard good and bad about Intel cards.... > thx > LT > > addressed through several driver upgrades. It appears that Intel is deliberately crippling their own cards ... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by William P.N. Smith on December 11, 2005, 10:06 am
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>LT wrote:
>> I'm going to add an internal wireless card (mini pci) to my notebook, which
>> is the best one? I've heard good and bad about Intel cards.... >I would avoid the Intel card. They have driver issues which Intel hasn't
>addressed through several driver upgrades. It appears that Intel is >deliberately crippling their own cards ... Really? I've had good luck with Intel 2200bg cards, and am impressed by their driver updates and functionality. What specific driver issues are un-addressed, and what functionality is being crippled? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jerry Park on December 11, 2005, 7:31 pm
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William P.N. Smith wrote: >
>>LT wrote:
>> >>>I'm going to add an internal wireless card (mini pci) to my notebook, which
>>>is the best one? I've heard good and bad about Intel cards.... >
> >>I would avoid the Intel card. They have driver issues which Intel hasn't
>>addressed through several driver upgrades. It appears that Intel is >>deliberately crippling their own cards ... >
The Transmit Power setting is supposed to be at maximum by default
> > Really? I've had good luck with Intel 2200bg cards, and am impressed > by their driver updates and functionality. > > What specific driver issues are un-addressed, and what functionality > is being crippled? (according to Intel's documentation). It appears to be set at maximum when you look at the properties of the card. But it isn't. Change it and you will see an increase. It seems to always start up at about 40%. You can change the setting and get 100%, but each time the card starts you must do that again. The transmit speed varies wildly. Not a problem in itself, but eventually it drops to 1mbps. It stays there and will not communicate. Eventually the connection will fail, but you will probably disable/re-enable the card before that happens to re-establish the connection. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> which is the best one? I've heard good and bad about Intel cards....
> thx
> LT
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