Wireless Upgrade

[Code85]

Hey guys
I dont know if anyone has any knowledge of Asus laptops but I have a asus w3v and I want to upgrade the wireless card right now I get 54.0Mbps and I want to upgrade it so I get 100Mbps. And my question is, is there a way to take out the old one and replace it with a much faster one? or is it intergrated?

[champ91]

laptop wireless is usually integrated, but you don't have to use it. just buy a card and diable the 54 G one. however, make sure your router or wireless connection has the turbo speeds and I have heard that rarely does it reach those speeds.

[renhui]

AFAIK it is not integrated. The wireless card itself is either a minipci or minipci-x card(for recent models). You should be able to replace the stock one for a new one without problem. Check your laptop's user manual for steps to remove the old one.
FYI, atheros-branded wireless card are generally better than intel ones.

[bernZ]

Wireless is locked to 54Mbps as the Wireless-G standard.

The next generation wireless is wireless-N, but that is not available yet, and few routers support output of a wireless-n signal, and fewer still are wireless adaptors which support wireless 'pre-n'.

N is supposed to give 108Mbps.

You cannot get more then 54Mbps with standard tech right now. If you want 100Mbps, you need to use Cat5 [wired].

[champ91]

Wireless is locked to 54Mbps as the Wireless-G standard.

The next generation wireless is wireless-N, but that is not available yet, and few routers support output of a wireless-n signal, and fewer still are wireless adaptors which support wireless 'pre-n'.

N is supposed to give 108Mbps.

You cannot get more then 54Mbps with standard tech right now. If you want 100Mbps, you need to use Cat5 [wired].

there is wireless G super or turbo or whatever, it's suppose to go up to 108Mbps

[prying eyes]

there is wireless G super or turbo or whatever, it's suppose to go up to 108Mbps

In reality, its just a marketing gimmick...

[willy]

Yeap, agree ... Don't bother the so-called "108Mbps" turbo technologies. The 'improvement' is only marginal. Not to mention the older turbo technologies are chipset-dependent.