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Internal Wireless range and drivers

post #1 of 19
4/5/04 at 5:55pm
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First of all, have there been any driver updates on the internal wireless that makes it work better?

Also, is having the signal cut out when you are not that close to the router normal? I borrowed a wireless card for the PC slot and the signal does not cut out from the same spot where the internal will not pick up very well and when it does it will not stay. If there really is an antenna in the side of the screen it should be better than a PC card. Is this what sager does, or is it just a card inside the laptop?

I would really rather use the internal card but if I were to buy a PC card, what is the best one?
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post #2 of 19
4/5/04 at 8:35pm
Best pcmcia wifi card is probably one of the orinocos, although I've made quite well with a cheap $20 one I found on the internet, with a Realtek chip.
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post #3 of 19
4/5/04 at 8:39pm
Just my opinion, but the 8890's internal wireless card is not so great. I had better luck with an old DLink PCMCIA card.
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post #4 of 19
4/6/04 at 12:02am
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Originally Posted by eludwig
Just my opinion, but the 8890's internal wireless card is not so great. I had better luck with an old DLink PCMCIA card.
My opinion is that the internal wireless in the Sagers is great! I haven't had any troubles yet!
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post #5 of 19
4/6/04 at 12:13am
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You know what, I seem to remember something about having problems on encrypted networks? I thought it was signal but I am getting constantally booted off on this one network even when I am like 3 feet away from the thingy. It's a network that you need a key to get on to and I think it's encrypted. It just boots me off constantly wheras the PC card one doesn't for some reason. is this normal?
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post #6 of 19
4/6/04 at 12:37am
Check to insure that the configurations are the same. Especially the security (or lack of) settings. WPA -v- WEP. WPA was the "problem child" if my memory is good.
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post #7 of 19
4/6/04 at 2:46am
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Hmm. Even if my settings were wrong, why would they work on the PC card one but not the internal?
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post #8 of 19
4/6/04 at 3:30am
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UPDATE: I went to the Advanced section of the internal wireless under device manager. Looks like WEP was off, I changed it to 128 bit encryption and I am not getting booted off every 5 mins or so! Looks like it's working so far at least, yay!
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post #9 of 19
4/14/04 at 6:48pm
Does anyone know the make of the internal wireless and where I can get some updated drivers and firmware?
Getting a Netgear DG834G tomorrow and want to have everything upto date.
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post #10 of 19
4/16/04 at 7:23am
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post #11 of 19
4/16/04 at 1:53pm

Sager 8890 Internal Wireless

Hey pyrobob,

I totally agree with you. I think that the internal Sager 8890 wireless is great. Infact, I think it uses the lcd panel as a antenna. I get great speeds when I'm around a connection point, and I am on an encrypted network. I use the Cisco VPN dialer to access it.

Just my 2 cents. (man, i hate that phrase)

Denny Metcalf
dennymet@bu.edu
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post #12 of 19
4/16/04 at 4:43pm
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Originally Posted by Denmicster
Just my 2 cents. (man, i hate that phrase)
Lol, then don't use it!
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post #13 of 19
4/17/04 at 1:40pm
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I saw a thread over in the 8790 fourm saying that some of the antennas weren't connected, giving bad range. Has this happened ever for people who use the 8890? Should I check up in there? I really should be getting better reception with something with an antenna but I'm not.
If I'm using a wireless card that is made for the router, will that give me better range? That is one of the only reasons I can think that I have better range with the PC card.
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post #14 of 19
4/17/04 at 6:21pm
violet, I can tell you that in my case the antenna *was* definitely attached. I opened my 8890 up to look. Like I said, it seems to work better for some than for others. I'm sure you could tell this from the people who have chimed in with no problems.
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post #15 of 19
4/17/04 at 6:55pm
The 8890 MiniUSB internal card is probably one variant of this one:

http://www.gemtek.com.tw/prod_build_in_388.htm

http://www.gemtek.com.tw/build_in_module.htm

I wished they would offer a MiniUSB which also supports 802.11 a/g or g+
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post #16 of 19
5/19/04 at 1:08pm
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Originally Posted by krobotkin
The 8890 MiniUSB internal card is probably one variant of this one:

http://www.gemtek.com.tw/prod_build_in_388.htm

http://www.gemtek.com.tw/build_in_module.htm

I wished they would offer a MiniUSB which also supports 802.11 a/g or g+

I see that linksys has a new mini-usb 802.11g adapter, the WUSB54G. I wonder if it is possible to dismantle one of these and install it internally in the 8890.

Is the internal mini-usb running at USB1.1, or USB2.0? If it is running at the slower USB1.1, will it even handle the throughput of 802.11g?

-Mike
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post #17 of 19
5/21/04 at 12:52pm
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That really doesn't look like a mini-usb to me, that looks like an external one.
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post #18 of 19
5/22/04 at 9:33pm
I didn't mean that it is a ready-to-install solution. But since it is very small and USB-based, it might be trivial for someone to take it apart.... break it down to its core compent and see if it can be attached to whatever connector is available within the 8890.

-Mike
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post #19 of 19
6/21/04 at 6:01pm

LinkSys WMP 55AG Dual-band Wireless A+G PCI Adapter Hacking

Though not the same model as you have this like gives a little info on dismantaling a wireless pci card.

http://wesmyers.home.mchsi.com/
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