[SOLVED] SATA to WLAN

[jdarmawan]

My laptop's WLAN socket is broken. (Acer aspire 5 a514-52g)
It has sata and m.2 connector. I have already use m.2 connector for my nvme storage. So i only have the SATA connector available. I don't want to use usb wifi dongle.
Can I use adapter to connect my wifi card to sata connector.
It will be like this:
Wifi Card -> Adapter M.2 m key to e key -> Adapter SATA to M.2 -> SATA port.

Will something like this work? Is there any drawbacks like slower internet speed or etc?

*This picture as an illustration

 

[USAFRet]

You're looking for an ethernet connection?

Why not USB?
That WILL work.

 

[jdarmawan]

You're looking for an ethernet connection?

Why not USB?
That WILL work.

I only have 3 usb port. 1 already used by mouse. I frequently use other 2 port. It such a hassle to bring usb hub everywhere i go.

 

[USAFRet]

Your concept is unlikely to work.

While that connector type CAN be used for multiple things, usually it is NOT wired for multiple things.

Just like you can't use a NGFF port that houses a WiFi adapter for a storage device.
Sometimes you an, usually you cannot.

That SATA port is almost certainly storage only.
Even if something else physically fits.

 

[jdarmawan]

usually it is NOT wired for multiple things.

Just verifying, It just a wifi card, not multiple things. It is joining multiple adapter, but at the end only the wifi card is wired to them.

That SATA port is almost certainly storage only.usually it is NOT wired for multiple things.

So how about using the m.2 nvme port? Will it work? I have nvme port, but i need to sacrifice nvme storage speed for ethernet to do that.

 

[USAFRet]

The M.2 port or SATA port....is not wired to do anything with data coming from a WiFi device.

 

[USAFRet]

Suck up the hassle of a USB hub.
That WILL work.

 

[hotaru.hino]

The whole thing has a flawed premise because SATA ports are only seen as storage drive ports to the computer. You cannot use anything else in a SATA port other than storage drives.