[RESOLVED] wireless network card

[wolfdog]

Samsung NPRF511 Notebook, Windows10 Home Premium 64bit,SP1, IntelCoreI5-2450m CPU@ 2.50,Ghz or 3Ghz with Turbo Boost technology 8.0gb,ddr3 Ram, Intel HD 3000 Graphics.
Can anyone tell me if the wireless network card 802.11bg/n, in this laptop can be upgraded to a faster speed to improve surfing,thanks

[jdc2000]

The internal wireless adapter on that laptop is integrated, so it is not replaceable. You could use a USB wireless adapter, but with no USB 3 ports, you would still be speed limited.

[Train]

What is between the laptop and the router?

What I use, yes USB 2 , when traveling, motels/hotels, and run into slow internet problems.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...9SIA24G1728224
Have not had to replace the 5 dB antenna with a 9 dB one yet.

[Midknyte]

What kind of speeds are you getting now?

[wolfdog]

I thought it was just like upgrading a ram chip sounds complicated, I don't have any knowledge of antenna or db
Broadband speed download- 24.6 mb , upload- 8.8 mb , sky fibre, laptop 10 ft from router.
This model laptop has got 2x usb3 ports, is there anything I can do to improve things

[Train]

Beats what I get.


But then the server on the other end has a lot to do with it.

Downloaded a 649 MB Linux iso from Japan in 7 minutes. I be happy.
Yes, I used a mirror which sure beats 2.5 hours.

This is with just the3 native Broadcom BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n nic.

[Train]

Everytime you up the dB by 3, you double the signal power.

My onboard nic has about 2 DB of power, so when I use the USB adapter I have 5 dB which in effect doubles the send and receive signal. That was enough that I never had to do anything else. Bought it in 2008 and real happy that I did.

[wolfdog]

Guess I'm just being greedy

[Train]

Guess I'm just being greedy

We tend to get that way at times.
The above was my old Dell D630 but this laptop I got last Dec.


It is a Toshiba E45W. Intel wireless AC 3160
How I got around the slow business.

[Midknyte]

laptop 10 ft from router.

The easiest thing would be to just connect a Cat5e cable from the router to your laptop. The laptop has a 1Gb NIC.

You didn't say what router make/model you have. It's possible that your router is bottlenecking your overall speed.
We'd also need to know your ISP's connection speeds.

[Train]

The route may even be latched up.

[wolfdog]

It's a Sky Broadband SR102, can you tell me how to find the ISP connection speed

[Midknyte]

What plan did you buy from Sky? That's how you know what target speeds you should be getting.

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php...ated-fttc.html
Looks like it's an older 2.4GHz 802.11n router/modem combo. It doesn't even have gigabit ethernet ports.
There is a good chance that the old router/modem is bottlenecking your speeds.

You should try connecting to the router via cable and then test your speeds. If you still get the same number, then it's not a wifi issue.

[wolfdog]

Connected with Ethernet and got 30.0mb downl 9.0mb upl

[wolfdog]

Sky plan is up to 38mb so I suppose that's ok