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Can 802.11a/b/g upgrade to 802.11n

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kep55   07-09-2009 at 11:27:49 PM

My D-Link DI-524 is on its last legs so I bought a D-Link DIR-628. So far, a nice piece of work but I prefer the old web interface. Anyway, can a 802.11a/b/g built in NIC be upgraded to "n"?. My laptop has a Broadcom wireless built in and I'd like to take advantage of the speed the DIR-628 offers. Or am I stuck with needing to buy a PCMIA card?

BTW - I couldn't find an answer to this via a search. Maybe I was too impatient to look thru 300 messages.

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magruder13   07-10-2009 at 05:27:23 AM
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I believe that you need a new card, external or one that goes into the slots. I don't know if N is backwards compatible to a/b/g

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