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hollowblock8 · 01-03-2010, 12:16 AM

So my friend has wireless internet yet he still puts one of these card looking things in his laptop to gain internet, why is this? What are those cards things for?

Ronin · 01-03-2010, 09:10 AM

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Originally Posted by hollowblock8

So my friend has wireless internet yet he still puts one of these card looking things in his laptop to gain internet, why is this? What are those cards things for?

3G, wifi or bluetooth expansion card.
Used to get 3g/wifi/bluetooth on a laptop that doesn't have it built in, by putting a card in the expansion slot.

Either his laptop does not have a built in wifi card, or his built in wifi card is slower than the expansion card?

Why don't you ask him?

SnOwBunZz · 01-03-2010, 09:14 AM

Probably because the card receives the signal better than the built in wifi does.

Ronin · 01-03-2010, 09:20 AM

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Originally Posted by SnOwBunZz

Probably because the card receives the signal better than the built in wifi does.

Usually built in antennas are much much larger.
He could have a laptop that is ancient enough to lack wifi or have a really old standard (slow).

Just guessing though.

hollowblock8 · 01-03-2010, 04:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Ronin

3G, wifi or bluetooth expansion card.
Used to get 3g/wifi/bluetooth on a laptop that doesn't have it built in, by putting a card in the expansion slot.

Either his laptop does not have a built in wifi card, or his built in wifi card is slower than the expansion card?

Why don't you ask him?

Well actually what I really want to know is what it does. And from what you and snowbunz said I'm thinking it makes you're wifi signal better. Also I don't wanna ask him because it's his dad's laptop and he probably doesn't know what it does =P

Ronin · 01-03-2010, 06:25 PM

It is a WIFI card.

It does not make WIFI better.

It's like a network cable does not make your network "better"; it's a network cable.

¿Comprende?

hollowblock8 · 01-03-2010, 08:52 PM

Oh alright I get it now thanks

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Ronin OnRPG Elite Member! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hitman Victor Posts: 4,922 Reputation: 302	It is a WIFI card. It does not make WIFI better. It's like a network cable does not make your network "better"; it's a network cable. ¿Comprende? __________________ Stay frosty.

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01-03-2010, 08:52 PM	#7 (permalink)
hollowblock8 HopeDagger's Henchman Join Date: Apr 2009 Posts: 1,228 Reputation: 15	Oh alright I get it now thanks