VIVA! Atheros WIFI. DOWN The With Intel 2915 Hunk of Junk - Page 10

So is this a good option to replace my 2200? I get drops a lot and have to reboot the POS.

http://www.buy.com/retail/product.as...10403141&loc=0

Any links buy the newer chipset? Ebay is hit and miss.

I feel giddy and thinking about getting the brand new AR5006. You guys think its worth it?

Ok i don't want to go over all these pages -->

WHERE do I buy the latest version of those wonderful cards for my 9300 at the best price? ??? :P

Thats the one my dad has. It is excellent

What he said


Ok i don't want to go over all these pages -->

WHERE do I buy the latest version of those wonderful cards for my 9300 at the best price? ??? :P

notebookforums took out the world's supply I swear.

k, just installed mine. I couldn't get the cable that was going to main to main and instead had to put it to aux on the card. I really don't think it matters but anyways.

First off I have to say I'm disappointed, although i think that'll change and that's just the "unwrap it and play with it and make a quick hasty decision". I found that the scan button being held away a tad annoying as I was expecting to instantly see all sorts of networks. Really just user error along with not as user friendly software. In any case, when I pressed scan I got 15 networks as opposed to 7 at where I am freelancing in NYC. That was nice to see.

I get connected to the wireless network here and expect to see 54mbps pegged, and then that doesn't happen. I'm going around 36-48 and various others. That's pretty dang disappointing. Apparently I'm running at 63mw, so I dunno if others are running at 100mw that get their 54mbps pegged away from the router. I'll see about changing it and see what that does.

As for the 3rd and final reason for switching, the most minor, the heat has yet to be determined, but initially I'd say it isn't going to make any difference for my m70. Maybe on another laptop, but sadly I don't think on mine.

Tellerve

Nice to hear all of these great experiences but where the f... can I buy this wonderful stuff ?

I couldn't connect the auxilary antenna on the Toshiba 802.11b MiniPCI that I am using, and it is still better than my Intel 2200 with both!

Agreed, all I see is places in the UK and occasionally on Ebay! Isn't there a store that sells this (the newest version, not the older ones)!!!

I got the 15 Gigabyte MiniPCI wifi cards off eBay, and they came from Germany!! Excellent cards though.

I have a question for all of teh Atheros users out there .

How do I make it transmit @ higher power level ? I selected 100 mw when setting up the connection . but according to the advanced info from the Atheros utility its running at 30mw . Any ideas ? so far its a ok card , but i really need to up the power from it

Interesting, I have the same question except mine seems to want to stay at 63mw, even though it says it should be at 100mw. *shrugs*

I do find the software a bit more cumbersome than intels, but then they have more things to change once you open up some windows, which is nice for the tweaker.

Tellerve

buying the AR5005GS on ebay

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Is this the actual card, I recieved it and the card said AR5BMB5 on it. Is this a fraud deal because my wireless has acutally gone down in strength from the Intel 2950 pro...

Yep, it doesn't matter. The antennae in most laptops are installed in parallel in the LCD.

The thing with wireless networks is that there are so many variables involved, make/model/chipset/hardware revision/firmware versions of both access point/routers and wireless cards, and antenna quality. The only sure way to get absolute compatibility is to use hardware that all use the same chipset. And on top of all this there's also interference issues, etc.

These Atheros cards do indeed show a improvement in the majority of cases (in this thread, anyway), but there will always be other factors that affect success.

Mine runs at 63mw, even though the settings are set to 100mw. The client helpfile says:

At a guess I'd say that this is due to the internal antennae used, and that 100mw would only be acheivable with a higher gain external version.

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