Wireless Card for Dell Inspiron 9300 Whats the cheapest?

[Guyfromorem]

Hey all. I need a new wireless card. I was wondering which is the cheapest and will work great with my computer? I found this list, but I didn't want to price them all out. Please tell me prices or compatibility. Thanks for all your help. I heard rumors of being able to buy one for $16 bucks. Atheros 5006XS... is this true? let me know all. Thanks again.

 

here is the list i found.

http://wiki.osx86project.org/wiki/index.ph...ireless_Adapter

 

 

Wireless Adapter

 

* Asus Wifi@Home PCI card using RT2500 chipset.

* Asus Spacelink WL-107g Cardbus adapter - needs driver - [2]

* Asus Spacelink WL-167g USB2 adapter

* Belkin 54g CardBus Adapter (BCM4306-based)

* Belkin 54g F5A7010 PCMCIA (BCM4306-based)

* Belkin 54g PCI Card F5D7000 V2000 (BCM4306KFB - based) - needs patched driver - [3]

* Belkin 54g PCI card F5D7000 v3000 (Ralink RT2500 chipset) - needs driver - [4]

* Belkin F5D7050 54Mbps Wireless USB2.0 Adapter [5]

* Buffalo 54g Cardbus Adapter WLI2-CB-F54L-3 (using patched Airport2 kext)

* Buffalo 54g PCI Card WLI2-PCI-F54-3 (using patched Airport2 kext)

* D-Link DWL-G122 Wireless USB Adapter - Hardware Revision B1 only. [6] As of 31/08/05, WEP is stable, WPA is stable with v1.1.1.0 drivers at http://www.ralink.com.tw/supp-1.htm

* Dell MiniPCI WLAN 1350/1450 Working Perfectly according to Above Post

* Generic Mini-PCI BCM4306 dfgdgf

* Gigabyte GN-DWKG USB based on RT2500 chipset. Need driver http://www.ralink.com.tw/supp-1.htm and info.plist edit http://www.win2osx.net/forum/showthread.php?t=2931

* Hama Wireless PCI based on RT2500 chipset. Runs with STA_2500CardBus driver

* Hawking Technologies HWP54G PCI card using RT2500 drivers.

* Linksys WMP54F Wireless-G PCI Adapter (using patched Airport2 kext)

* Linksys WMP54G Wireless-G PCI Adapter (RT2500 chipset. Runs with STA_2500CardBus driver)

* Linksys WPC54F Wireless-G PCMCIA Adapter Version 1

* Linksys WMP11 v2.7 PCI Adapter - Broadcom Chipset (edited Airport2 kext file - add device ID ending with zero)

* Motorola WN825G - Follow instructions here.

* MSI PC54G2 (RT2560) 802.11g (needs drivers) - [7]

* MSI CB54G2 Cardbus (RT2500) work fine with driver

* MSI MP54G4 (RT2560) 801.11b/g Mini-PCI (needs drivers) - [8]

* OvisLink Evo-WX54USB USB2.0 wireless 802.11g (ralink based)

* PLANEX GW-NS54G CardBus Adapter (BCM4306-based)

* RT2500 802.11b/g USB Wireless Chipset (with WEP!) - http://www.ralink.com.tw/supp-1.htm

* RT2500/RT2560 802.11g CardBus Wireless Chipset (with WEP!) - [9]

* Sparklan WT-660GS PCI 802.11g (BCM4306-based - needs patched driver - [10]

[osxgus]

dell truemobile 1450, plug it in and it works. no need to change any files.

 

i had the same issue with the intel 2200 on an inspiron 6000 (same laptop, smaller screen)

and replacing the wlan card to truemobile 1450 was the best decision and investment of last year.. approx $15 ebay..

 

no further investigation neccessary. it also works great in vista, xp etc ofcourse!

 

 

oh and installation is a piece of cake with the service manual available straight off dell's support page.

 

cheers,

G

Edited March 14, 2007 by osxgus