Big improvement with new wireless card

doc2009 · 06-12-2009, 12:43

Hi folks.
I have had 50 meg service for quite a while now and although generally happy with it have found that when downloading, my speed would fluctuate wildly when using wireless. My laptop has an intenal pci wireless card, type g so couldnt deliver n type speeds, I hate the USB dongle that comes with WNR2000 netgear router, sticks out to much and is easily broken, as i found out. It also gave varied speeds. I bought a netgear wireless laptop card WN511B, an improvement but still speed would show about 30mbps then drop to zero then climb then drop. Bought a buffalo mini usb adapter, very small in size and unfortunately also very small in performance. Then last week whilst browsing, i found that i could upgrade the wireless card in the laptop to a type n, Bought an INTEL WIRELESS 4965AGN 802.11N 300MBPS MINI PCI-E CARD (apologies for caps but i pasted that in) from a seller on Ebay for £14.99 and what a difference. The card took about 2 minutes to replace. My internal card had 2 antenna, this n card comes with an additional one that just clips on in same way as the original 2 to give it true MiMo, Now when downloading from newsgroups i regularly hit 50 mbps and have full 5 bars showing constantly for signal strength. Well worth considering for anyone frustrated with their connection at moment. I wouldnt normally post an ebay dealer but the link is here, i have never used ebay before, dont trust it, but i bought as a guest using paypal, card was delivered within 2 days, OK i know i sound like a salesman but if you search for my other posts you will see i have posted before about poor speeds etc, so happy to try and help other users improve their speeds. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/INTEL-WIRELESS...3D11%26ps%3D63

doc2009 · 30-12-2009, 10:00

Just an update on this, more for the reason to keep the post from disappearing than anything else. I have now had this card installed in my laptop for a few weeks and can only say that it makes the 50 MB service what in my eyes it should be. I subscribe to newsgroups and consistently get speeds of 40 Mb or above when downloading. Signal no longer fluctuates or drops to zero then climbs back up. Can download 700 mb file in about 2 minutes. It is scary fast. Having tried various N type dongles and network cards i would seriously recommend installing a card inside your laptop for serious performance improvement. Happy new year everyone.