Dell Inspiron 5720 Wireless Card Replacement

sparker781

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I was given the Dell Inspiron 5720 laptop. Upon testing it cannot connect to my 5GHz Wireless. After further researching the wireless card in the laptop is only configured for 2.4GHz Wireless.

My home Wifi has dual band 2.4 and 5.0 GHz. someone suggested i replace the card with something like this:

http://

or

http://

Not sure what to buy, what are the advantages or disadvantages. Am I better off with replacing the actual card inside the laptop?

Any help is greatly appreciated.
 

kanewolf

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Do you have a lot of competition on the 2.4Ghz band? If not, then you will probably be fine on the 2.4Ghz band. That laptop already had an "N" wireless card. The first link you posted would probably work worse than your current WIFI. The second says it supports the 5Ghz band also, so it would meet your desire, but your speeds might not change any.

What ISP speed are you paying for?
 

sparker781

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150mb second up and down