Need suggstions for wireless adapter

[Labarr]

Hey guys!
Today I just recieved my new ASUS RT-N66U Wireless router.
I also purchased a new wireless adapter for my laptop.
The old one: Intel Centrino Wireless-N 2230
The new one: Killer Wireless-N 1202

Unfortunalty, my bios does not accept the wireless card, and I have been told by 2 bios mod forums online that it is not possible to bypass this on my laptop :/

The reason I was going to put in the Killer card was
A)Dual Band(?) at least I think it offered that. The intel only works at 2.4GHz
B)Overall performance seemed much betterh than the Intel.

My internet is Verizon FIOS 75/35mbps

So my questions are:
Should I look for a wireless adapter USB 3.0?
Since my router is dual band, Should my adapter also be dual band?
Right now, I am still using the router verizon supplied for wirless. I have not hooked up the ASUS yet. I will hook it up in the morning and run some tests with the Intel (Since I obviously can't use the Killer), because with the verizon router, I ambarely getting 20/20mbps.. 30 feet or so from the router.

What are your guys suggestions?

 

[TonyH]

Hi,
Is your laptop Lenovo or HP brand? Then you only have to use their designated card.
Check with their support. Modifying BIOS to get around the issue is quite risky.
almost killed my old Lenovo laptop doing that.

 

[Labarr]

Yes it is an HP, thus why the pci card (Killer) isn't working, but should'nt a usb wireless adapter work?

 

[RogerSC]

Yes, a USB adapter might be a better bet. I don't know how many antennas that you have in your laptop now, but the jumps in speed come from adding streams, each of which requires a new antenna. Like 3 streams needs 3 antennas. So, for example, if your laptop has one antenna since your wireless adapter only supports one stream, then you're going to max out at 150Mbps unless you are willing to add another antenna (to get up to 300Mbps) or two antennas to get up to 450Mbps (talking about wireless-n here). Just the ability to replace your current internal wireless card assumes that you can also find a wireless adapter card that your BIOS is happy with, as you've found out. HP laptops are known for being more limited in this area.

On the other hand, sometimes laptop makers put the full complement of antennas in a laptop so that they have less different builds to keep track of. You can find that out (most likely) by getting the service manual for your laptop and seeing what you have to do to see how many antennas that your laptop has. Sometimes this information is available at the OEM support site (HP) for your particular laptop.

If you get an external USB wireless adapter, it doesn't matter how many antennas there are in your laptop *smile*. On the other hand, the built-in wireless adapters tend to perform a bit better.

I am using a Linksys AE3000 as we speak, an external USB dual-band 450Mbps wireless adapter. This works well for me, usually on 5GHz. band, but I'm not pushing it distance-wise. The built-in adapter in my laptop is only 150Mbps, so the 450Mbps is nice for internal transfers on my LAN.

Anyways, a lot of words, just wanted to bring up the issues that you're looking at.

 

[remixedcat]

I would get an amped aca1. Been cool for me.