Anyone used this in both configurations (PCI-E card with external antenna, wireless card itself in the mobo mini-card slot)? Which works better?
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Millions of laptops use the mini-card. Antennas play a big role; size, cable length, placement (near metal or electronic noise sources), and direction/orientation. That's where you'll see a difference.
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I've only used it in my PCI-e; I don't think there Is another way. Because I don't think it has a mSATA interface. But either way. I have comcast; non xfinity and I get avoid 650-750mbps through an A/C wireless router. I could imagine if I ran fiber optics my throughput would be amazing. Overall good device for wireless connectivity
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I've had nothing but problems with the PCI-E card. The bluetooth 4.0 is very flakey and causes all my usb devices to not work (bluetooth connects to an internal USB port inorder to function). I've not been successful at keeping a good connection with the WiFi either. That being said, when used in my mini-card slot on a Gigabyte Brix I've had no issues at all. This could be because of my Motherboard/PCI-E or could be the PCI-E card itself, its hard to say as I only have 1 desktop that has full sized PCI-E interface.
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JB i used this wireless card in my rig and this thing is blassing fast. i have xfinity with 105mb speed and this thing record 65 to 70 mb at all time this is great for wireless. hope it help.
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If placed in the proper expansion slot, it should sit right at the backplate of the cabinet. I am assuming you are trying to install it with the antennas not mounted. If it doesnt then you don't have a pcie slot..Also remember to remove the blank plate at the rear of the cabinet..
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Hello, and no, there's no port for an external antenna. The antennae are built into the circuit board as I understand it. The Asus routers have a reputation for broad/stable coverage. I've had no issues with it in this regard.
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This model comes with the wifi card build into the actual motherboard. You could always buy a separate wifi card if you went with a different model though.If you are looking to get this specific wifi card as a separate item, I don't think you can. At least not specifically.
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The built-in antenna works fine. I have a 700 series external antenna and the 597cidi combo with an internal and notice no difference. I like the internal antenna- no mounting.
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You don't have to connect all three. In my setup I only have two connected to the card and I just wrapped 3rd wire in electic tape and tucked it away. It's good to have 3 antennas though for future proofing (newer cards usually have three connectors)
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Yes. Wireless Mini-card at Wifi 2.4 Ghz, 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0 (on the same card)
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The 1/2 mini PCI-e card that comes with the adaptor is an Intel AC7260 Model 7260HMW. If you look that up on Intel's web site it will tell you exactly what the card is capable of. Never heard of 5G WiFi...... For anyone else that is interested, not tested yet but iw does show AP mode is available on this card.
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No- the wires connect to the mini PCIe board. Only screws connect this to the wifi board
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Zen, you shouldn't need to purchase any more antennas. The ones that are in your current laptop will snap onto the new card. Bluetooth should work just fine.
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Sure, it should work. I can't say anything about potential performance though... too many variables to consider. Make sure you have a decent antenna. Keep in mind this is a mini PCI-E device, not mini PCI. If you find yourself wanting another antenna but you're limited in space (like a laptop for example) consider an "internal wifi antenna." It's just a pigtail and a little, flat patch of and plastic and metal. Place it on the inside your screen - at the rear (some dismantling required) and make sure it's electrically isolated from other metal parts in the back of the screen. That's all I have at the moment. Good luck!
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Hi Harold, I'm going to assume that the reason us are using the forth slot on that board for you wireless network card is because you have a discrete GPU in slot one and you didn't want to have the wireless card that close to the GPU. It really doesn't matter which PCI-e slot you use with the card it will work in a X1, X4, X8 or in a X16 slot but since your board is crossfire/ SLI ready that means the slot you are using shares bandwidth with slot one. And since that motherboard doesn't have on-board video you have to be using a GPU. I'm not sure but you could be now forcing your first slot into operating at X8 instead of X16 by placing the PCI-e x1 card in the second PCI-e x16 slot.
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I don't know. Most of these Wifi modules use the same PCIe physical interface. Usually the difference is the number of antennas. The dimensions can vary in depth as well ( but not width ). Honestly, I would recommend disabling the bad internal radio and using one of these really short USB Wifi modules. NETGEAR G54/N150 Wi-Fi USB Micro Adapter (WNA1000M)
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I can't really answer the better con but it is a USB plug to plug into the computer. I didn't have a wireless card already but an external that went bad. I'm very pleased with the performance with this antenna.
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You can get by with using the 0 and 1 antenna leaving the 2 open or you could order a 3rd antenna and put it in where ever you can I stuck one in the base under the keyboard. I never used mine with just 2 but honestly I'm done with Intel wireless cards both of the ones I bought had issues. I would go for a atheros one instead.
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Positive: it almost certainly costs less. Positive: it's very simple to install - just plug it in a USB port. Negative: it will take up one of your USB ports while in use. Negative: it might not have the wireless range of a PCI wireless network card.
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I currently use this board with PClinuxOS (my main, and preferred OS) and have had no problems with it. I have not used the wireless because I am close enough to my router to use a cable, but it does detect my network so I assume it should work fine. I can't speak to the performance of the onboard video because I use an nvidia card, but it is supported as far as I know.