Compaq 2120US

7 discussions on Cabling-Design.com Forums about the Compaq 2120US: what owners asked, what went wrong, and what fixed it.

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laptop with wireless antenna in lid?

I think I read here about there being a laptop PC available with its wireless antenna mounted in the top of the lid so that when opened and in use the antenna is much more out in the open than is the PC Card version I have (it hardly works...

Poor wireless range in laptop

I recently purchased a used HP Pavilion ze4610 (ze4600) laptop. Theproblem is that I have a terrible wireless range. The internal wirelesscard is an IBM High Rate MiniPCI Combo Card 802.11b. The range....fromabout 3 to 5 feet from my router...

which mini-PCI card to use?

I'm going to replace the existing mini-PCI card in my laptop. The questionis, which new card to get?The senao, ubiquiti sr2 and wistron cm9 cards all look like contenders.Which ones perform the best all-round under XP? With netstumber? ...

mini-pci wifi cards - Atheros

We currently have Dell internal 1300 mini-pci (not express) wifi cardsin our Dell laptops. They use the Broadcom chipset.We can see a couple of nearby WAPs.My wife's Fujitsu laptop - with an Atheros internal card -can see about 12 nearby...

Longest range [Laptop wireless card] ?

hi,i am building [buying] a laptop computer,and i want the longest Range wireless card i can geti'm currently looking at the Compaq/HP laptopsi'm a novice, so what do look for,in the way of a good laptop wireless adapter/card[is one brand...

Compaq 2162US -- added wireless card, but range is bad

Hi,I just added a Ralink-based mini-PCI wireless card -- and small Hitachi antennas attached to MAIN & AUX antenna connectors on the card -- to a Compaq 2162US notebook PC. The antennas have about a 4" pigtail and they're easy to tuck under...

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