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Recent content by Jinky

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    Upgrade laptop wifi from G->N

    FWIW, I ended up grabbing a new Intel 5100 miniPCIe card on ebay for about $14 US. It only has two antenna connectors (main & aux) and was a direct swap for the old Dell 1390 card I had been using. IPerf bandwidth tests came out to be around 60 Mbps with the Intel 5100 using the 5 ghz radio...
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    Upgrade laptop wifi from G->N

    I have a 4+ year old Dell Inspiron e1505 with a Dell-branded 1390 wireless G "Mini-Card", which appears to be miniPCIe. Since I can get an Intel 6300 wireless N card for less than $40 at amazon (link), I'm considering swapping out the 1390. My question is, will the Intel 6300 work with only...
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    Recommendations for Rack-Mount NAS?

    I've been looking into the same thing to replace an aging ReadyNAS NV+. One limitation for me is that my rack is a bit shallow and sits in a home office, so size and noise make things even more challenging. The Netgear ReadyNAS 2100 seems to fit the bill nicely with a 12.5" depth and my...
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