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Dual band wireless on older Inspiron 1501
I have an Inspiron 1501 (circa 2007) running Win 7. I have installed a new dual-band router (ASUS RT-N66U) in my house and need to set up this laptop to accommodate it (new access point). I think it has just a USB 1 port and standard Ethernet port. Was thinking of adding a USB 3.0 PCI card and then an wireless access point to that. Does this make sense? Any other suggestions? I found a StarTech 2 port ExpressCard USB 3.0 on the Dell website. Dell part A3337165 and Mfg Part ECUSB3S2. Again, does any of this make sense? Advice would be sincerely appreciated, including suggesting on the choice of wireless access point.
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June 25th, 2014 10:00
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June 25th, 2014 13:00
The Inspiron 1501 should have came with a Broadcom Dell Wireless card installed by standard. If you can connect by Ethernet, theres usually some configuration page and you can change the settings of the router.