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Anyone here using a Dell Draft-N 1500 wireless card in their M1210?

post #1 of 25
8/8/06 at 7:37pm
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I've got the Wireless N router, and I'm gagging to get my hands on some Dell 1500 wifi cards for my M1710/M1210, but I've been unable to do so from Dell at this time (they give me every excuse under the sun).

Any of you managed to get hold of a 1500 card?

I want one.
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post #2 of 25
8/9/06 at 1:58am
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Originally Posted by WilliamG
I've got the Wireless N router, and I'm gagging to get my hands on some Dell 1500 wifi cards for my M1710/M1210, but I've been unable to do so from Dell at this time (they give me every excuse under the sun).

Any of you managed to get hold of a 1500 card?

I want one.

i was able to order one with my dell i am surprised u didnt have that option??
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post #3 of 25
8/9/06 at 2:32am
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I ordered my M1210 before the 1500 was available :P
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post #4 of 25
8/9/06 at 11:39am
I'm in the same boat as you William! I've called numerous times trying to get ahold of the 1500 cards, and everytime I get some stupid idiot on the phone trying to sell me the 1490 cards! Hopefully they will release them soon...
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post #5 of 25
8/9/06 at 12:07pm
what are the advantages of N over G? Big improvements?
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post #6 of 25
8/9/06 at 4:20pm
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Originally Posted by govtcheez
what are the advantages of N over G? Big improvements?


pretty much its faster... also each and every connection on a normal B/G connection shares bandwidth... ie if 3 people are connected to a 54g router.. each only gets like 15mb of bandwidth... N eliminates that problem
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post #7 of 25
8/9/06 at 5:35pm
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Originally Posted by kpxgq
pretty much its faster... also each and every connection on a normal B/G connection shares bandwidth... ie if 3 people are connected to a 54g router.. each only gets like 15mb of bandwidth... N eliminates that problem

yeah its alot faster especially while connected to an n-router, but its not as nice as wimax..which they are testing out here in my aea of northern california,,..i hope they will let go of 802.11 since it sucks
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post #8 of 25
8/9/06 at 5:59pm
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Originally Posted by SILVACO
yeah its alot faster especially while connected to an n-router, but its not as nice as wimax..which they are testing out here in my aea of northern california,,..i hope they will let go of 802.11 since it sucks

Is N-cards compatible with 802.11a/b/g routers and vice versa? If not...then I don't see the 802.11a/b/g format going away anytime soon since it would be VERY costly for everyone to change over....especially since many people have just recently adopted wireless networking.
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post #9 of 25
8/10/06 at 11:41am
yes, they are compatible.
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post #10 of 25
8/10/06 at 2:17pm
From what I have read, its better to wait until the standard is set, which is expected by 2nd quarter next year. The pre-draft N products are inconsistent and mostly exagerrated...

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Originally Posted by govtcheez
what are the advantages of N over G? Big improvements?
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post #11 of 25
8/13/06 at 9:21pm
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Originally Posted by FearNo1
From what I have read, its better to wait until the standard is set, which is expected by 2nd quarter next year. The pre-draft N products are inconsistent and mostly exagerrated...
wow, not true at all !! , having tested both on the same laptop there is a distinct and noticable difference..For example, i'll drive through downtown san jose with a nice gold orinoko card and pick up around 25 hotspots at a given time and then drive around the same route again with the built-in N card and granted ill only get 10 or so more hotspots, but the performance increase is uncanny...especially on the ones that were just semi strong with the orinoco card. maybe you should read the white papers on the broadcom 802.11n cards and you will understand little more clearly why the bandwidth of all the a-b-g and even the separate g channels coincide all together into this two channel architecture to create this huge performance increase...if u were going to wait why not just throw away all your 802.11 devices and wait for 802.16 to come out!! that at least, would be more effecient .... apparently a whole city could use one AP via wimax, hell u could even throw away all your cell phones too and just use portable VOIP phones based on how strong 802.16 is ...btw NEWS FLASH..802.11n will never be ratified!! the whole 802.11 standard will be dropped so might as well use the best now!
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post #12 of 25
8/14/06 at 10:54am
there will be no n set for years
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post #13 of 25
8/14/06 at 2:47pm
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Just managed to buy 2 Draft-N 1500 cards from Dell this morning.
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post #14 of 25
8/14/06 at 3:36pm
nm found the info.
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post #15 of 25
8/14/06 at 6:26pm
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Originally Posted by WilliamG
Just managed to buy 2 Draft-N 1500 cards from Dell this morning.


how much? external or internal? worth it?
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post #16 of 25
8/14/06 at 9:35pm
the 1500 is internal.
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post #17 of 25
8/15/06 at 2:00am
I bought 2 refurbished wireless 1500 cards for my I9300 and XPS M1210... Should be here next week...

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post #18 of 25
8/15/06 at 4:09am
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$115 including sales tax of 7% for 2 of them. Should have them in a day or so. They shipped nice and early. I asked for free next-day delivery and they complied.
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post #19 of 25
8/15/06 at 5:56pm
wow. way to go on the next day shipping. maybe i will pursue this wireless card...

once received, is it easy to install. and it is worth the 57.50 dollars?
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post #20 of 25
8/15/06 at 6:07pm
How many antenna wire requried for 1500 ? I think the N card has 2 channels and need 2x antenna, is it right? I'm looking for one too. any Dell link?

Which routers do u use? Linksys/Dlink or else?
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