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Wireless Cards

by mrdave100 Feb 6, 2009 11:02AM PST

Hello, I just bought a new HP laptop for my wife. I have a Dell laptop thats 3 years old. Her wireless connection is 10x slower than mine, specifically when loading more graphic intensive sites, sites like gmail load in a blink of an eye. Could it be a problem with the wireless card, should we look at upgrading it?

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Shop around for these cards.

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 6, 2009 1:22PM PST

I've used these 2 models for those reasons and they run about or less than 20 bucks.

WPNT511
WPC54G

Good hunting.
Bob

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Could also be the drivers aren't the most current.

by orlbuckeye Feb 6, 2009 8:42PM PST

Check with the vendor website to see the most current driver version.
I just got a new Linksys N router so I got a PC card Linksys wireless card that works fine even in Windows 7 Beta.

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Thanks

by mrdave100 Feb 7, 2009 6:19AM PST

Thanks, I'll check into the driver and maybe look for a new card.

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