Question wifi help

[bobal83]

I have a Toshiba l650 and i need a faster wifi card for it. it only connects to 2.4 and i want to connect it to 5.0 in my house. I use it here at home and thats it. Any ideas or suggestions?

 

[Ralston18]

What make and model router?

Consider a USB wireless network adapter of the same make.

Reviews:

https://www.ign.com/articles/best-usb-wifi-adapter

Google "usb wireless network adapter reviews" for more reviews.

 

[bobal83]

it is for my laptop...why do you need to know what my modem is?

 

[ex_bubblehead]

it is for my laptop...why do you need to know what my modem is?

Simple, if your modem/access point doesn't do anything but 2.4GHz then a new adapter isn't going to do anything for you. We need to know these things to be able to assist you.

 

[bobal83]

well my modem does supply both 2.4 and 5.0. it is as netgear c6300BD cable modem and i have speed up to 600mbps from comcast.

 

[bill001g]

I think the question on the router is mostly to see if it has 802.11ac. Your laptop wifi card is very old so maybe the router will be old.

In general any card that will physically fit, it is likely a half size pcie, will work. You want to check how many antenna connections you have and match that. You also need to check if your current card has bluetooth support and buy a new one that also does.

You should be able to buy a dual band 802.11ac card to match your router. The big BUT here is with a laptop that old are you running windows 10. If not be very sure the new card has drivers for older windows versions.

I would first see if there is a video on how to dissemble your laptop to get to the wifi card. Some are very simple and others are a pain. If it is very involved you may want to consider a USB based wifi card. Avoid those very tiny devices they work very poorly.

 

[bobal83]

i just bought this modem and i know what u mean about taking the laptops apart. and yes i am running windows 10 on it and very well i might add.