Inspiron 9200 Communications Devices questions

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While deciding what to buy, on the dell.com Tech Specs page for this
notebook I find the following:

Wireless Networking
Standard: Intel® ProWireless 2100 (802.11b) mini PCI wireless card
Optional: Intel® ProWireless 2200 (802.11b/g) mini PCI wireless card
Optional: Dell 1350 internal wireless solution (802.11b/g) or Dell
1450 dual band internal wireless solution (802.11a/b/g)
Optional: Dell TrueMobile 300 internal Bluetooth module (optional at
point of sale only)

1) Does a "wireless card" plug into a PCMCIA slot in the 9200?

2) For the internal 802.11 I hear the antenna does not work so well as
an external card. Is that true?

3) Does the 802.11 b/g offer two speeds?

--David

 

[David]

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1) A wireless card CAN plug into the pcmcia slot. NONE of the
solutions provided does though.
they are all internal.
2) Don't know for sure. I would always get internal in a new laptop.
PS the Dell internal
is made by Broadcom.
3) 2 speeds are 11megs (b) and 54 (g). The card will use whatever is
faster depending on your wireless router
or access point.

I would get either the Intel 2200 or the Dell 1350 ( I have the 1350 in
my laptop..works fine).

Best wishes..
Dave

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell (More info?)

Go for an internal card. If it is mini PCI, it is internal, not in the
PCMCIA (PCCard slot). Works fine.

Go for b/g, which covers both standards (lots more than 2 speeds, but you
get the drift).

Tom
"David Ellis" <scribblemonger@aol.com> wrote in message
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> While deciding what to buy, on the dell.com Tech Specs page for this
> notebook I find the following:
>
> Wireless Networking
> Standard: Intel® ProWireless 2100 (802.11b) mini PCI wireless card
> Optional: Intel® ProWireless 2200 (802.11b/g) mini PCI wireless card
> Optional: Dell 1350 internal wireless solution (802.11b/g) or Dell
> 1450 dual band internal wireless solution (802.11a/b/g)
> Optional: Dell TrueMobile 300 internal Bluetooth module (optional at
> point of sale only)
>
> 1) Does a "wireless card" plug into a PCMCIA slot in the 9200?
>
> 2) For the internal 802.11 I hear the antenna does not work so well as
> an external card. Is that true?
>
> 3) Does the 802.11 b/g offer two speeds?
>
> --David
>