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Dual Band Wireless Card Needed for Latitude E7450
I have a Latitude E7450 laptop that came installed with a Dell Wireless 1707 wireless adapter (I have confirmed this on Dell's support page by entering my service tag and looking up the laptop's original components, as instructed on other threads in this community.), which supports only 2.4 GHz. The wireless router where I will be working for two weeks this month is a 5.0 GHz router, so it's not supported by my laptop's adapter, and I'm unable to connect to the wireless network. What are the options (specific part numbers) for upgrading to a wireless adapter compatible with the Latitude E7450 that supports both 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz? Thanks!
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May 6th, 2019 13:00
That first half of the answer from @U2CAMEB4ME is rather far from ideal, since it's just a bunch of eBay listing that will change over time, and definitely not a specific product recommendation.
The Latitude E7450 uses an M.2 slot for its WiFi+Bluetooth combo card, not the older Mini-PCIe standard. Any 802.11ac card will support 5 GHz networks (including older 5 GHz 802.11n networks) because that support is mandatory in the 802.11ac spec, and there are many M.2 802.11ac WiFi cards to choose from, but I'd personally recommend the Intel 9260 (full model 9260NGW), which is their top-end card that will work in that system. Do NOT get the 9560, since that requires CNVio, which is basically a design that allows the WiFi card to carry fewer components because certain WiFi components will be built into the CPU instead. The latest Intel CPUs are doing that, but you don't have that in your system. The 9260 is essentially the same card with all necessary components built onto the card itself.
NOTE: The Intel 9260 requires Windows 10. If your system is running an older version of Windows, look at the Intel Wireless-AC 8265 (8265NGW) instead, which is supported as far back as Windows 7 and is still a very solid card.
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May 6th, 2019 13:00
Welcome to the Dell Community @ashlsnow
Dell part number: K57GX
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_nkw=K57GX+&_sacat=0&LH_PrefLoc=1&_sop=15
Removing and Installing Components:
https://www.dell.com/support/manuals/us/en/04/latitude-e7450-ultrabook/late7450om-v2/removing-and-installing-components?guid=guid-7aaae6e7-9d06-4c20-82bf-728abc2df3ef&lang=en-us
Best regards,
U2
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May 6th, 2019 14:00
@ashlsnow
Sorry for the not so “ideal” answer and not a “specific product recommendation”!!!
As I am not at work at the moment, I cannot pull an E7450 from the warehouse and test some WiFi combo cards.
But if you can wait until the morning I would be more than happy to test 3-4 and give a “specific product recommendation” from the test results???
I only have a W10 image for the E7450 so I hope that would be sufficient???
Regards,
U2
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May 7th, 2019 08:00
@ashlsnow
I have a few E7450's to look at and they all have the stock: “K57GX” Intel 7265NGW
Even the E7450 system board with discrete video has the same stock WiFi combo card.
For now that is all I can recommend.
If I suggested something else that would just be guessing.
I have instructed my techs to start saving the newer M.2 WiFi cards so I have more models to test in the future.
Best regards,
U2