How many USB ports?Does the wireless adapter have good range?
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I think it has 3 usb ports. I don't kow what you mean by wirless adaptor. the wifi works great and the blutooth works great. imnot a gamer, I run business apps. I love it. its a powerful sturdy machine
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Hold a sec, headed to mine right now....Has 4 USB ports, an hdmi input port and output port, VGA, Ethernet, eSATA port and yes wifi chipset has excellent range
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B Ardell, I got this laptop for a friend of mine as a gift. Can't quiet answer your questions. I just know the basics, it looks excellent, the sound is the best I have ever heard on a laptop, it can play high-end games smoothly. I'm sure the Alienware website would have the answers to all your questions.Good luck!
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That depends on your internet speed, not this device. If you are speaking strictly wireless, you would not count the ports. If you are plugging devices in using the cable, there are 4 ports, I believe.
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I bought a cheap usb hub and have used wired mouse and keyboard. Not sure if wireless works. I do know blue tooth mouse and keyboard work.
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I have some really good range with it, how far do you need it though? When I'm 30 feet away with 2 walls, I still have 100% signal. It's better that its a larger adapter because it has a better antenna than some of the smaller ones.
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It does not come with a wireless adaptor. I bought an external ASUS adaptor on Amazon.com for $40, but should have purchased a cheaper one that will do the same thing.
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Not all Wireless adapters are going to work. Adapters based on the Ralink chipset would work best.
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I assume it depends on what's between the dongle and the device/laptop. It's using 802.11/2.4GHz so the range should easily handle 80' open space. Maybe even go through some walls as long as there isn't a lot of metal or dense stuff between it.
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I read the answers to this and tried using mine with one port. It worked, so I attached it to a USB extension cable, raised the adapter, and my WIFI signal increased 15%.
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It has 4 Ethernet ports and allows and 1 wan port where the internet plugs in. It doesn't say how many max wireless connections you can have but I have one setup now in my job and it works flawlessly with more then 20 people connected to it. Understand that the more people connected causes more traffic and speeds might be lower. This is a speed test I just conducted on the wireless connection: http://www.speedtest.net/result/4365102053.png
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Any time you extend USB past the engineering standard distance it might not work. I have used this part in the past successfully. I would try a different usb port. A different wireless adapter might be worth a try. I also wonder why would you be needing to extend a wireless adapter?
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There are ten actual ports but I am not sure if you can use all at once 2 probably have a front or back port for the same bus the wireless mouse-keyboard take 1 port I hope this helps
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This laptop has a total of 3 USB ports. Two of them are USB 3.0 located on the right side. And one USB 2.0 on the left side. I always have a mouse and a USB WiFi adapter plugged with no problem. I hope this helps you out!
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It works great with Windows 8.1 64bit. I custom build my system. I tried to use the mouse in the past, and I could never get it to work. I believe I finally figured that using usb wireless adapters didn't work. I bought a high end Pci express wireless network adapter with 3 antennas' and it works awesome. The drivers from Hp website and I haven't had a problem. It is a life saver for freeing up a usb slot.
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Im sorry i was wrong, (kinda) the unit itself is not wifi ready, but it does have a usb slot that can be used with a usb network adapter.
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Assuming the distance from your router isn't too far. Try to take off all other USB components having only the wireless adapter plugged in and see if the signal is higher. USB 2.0 isn't very strong. Just like cable it loses its strength with more stuff plugged especially if its on an older mobo. Hope this helps.
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Negative, the USB 2.0 ports are simply for add on's. I use one for my mouse, and a second for my wireless air mouse when I'm reclining on my sofa in the office.
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It has a tiny little USB plug. I am assuming that is standard wireless? no computer guru here... :)