So you have an old laptop but you’ve upgraded your wireless network to the new standard, Wireless N. You now have this nice Wireless N network and you get great range but the speed just isn’t what you thought it would be. The problem is Wireless G can slow down a Wireless N network when you’re using a single band router. To fix this either purchase a dual band router.
I fixed this by purchasing a WiFi N card for my aging laptop. I have an old Dell Latitude D610 that I still use as my main mobile machine.
The items needed.
1. The Laptop.
2. The Wifi Card.
3. The Screw Driver
I’m using a TP-LINK TL-WN861N Wireless N Mini PCI
My D610. The Beginning
My wireless card is under my keyboard. Some cards are on the bottom of some laptops.
To get to the the card I need to remove the keyboard. To remove the keyboard, this piece of plastic with buttons on needed to be removed.
Now the keyboard has been removed.
Keyboard all the way off.
Wireless card with antenna’s removed.
Wireless card is removed by pulling the claps away from the card.
My new and improved Wireless N card.
To seat the wireless card you slide the card in the slot at an angle then pull out from the slot at that angle.
Antennas attached to the new card.
The antennas are attached by just pressing them onto the antenna connections WITHOUT bending the connectors and pins.
Reattach the keyboard and screw it back into place.
Then reattach the plastic thingy. And then.
You’re done.
The drivers can be found here.
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