Question 1

I have an old Dell Latitude CPI (Intell Pentium II, Windows 2000) that I picked up used years ago. I hate to throw it out as it's in great shape and fast. I've never accessed the Internet with it--there's no port, but an space for a wireless card. Will this one work? If not, can you tell me what I can do? Thank you.

Accepted Answer

As long as you have an internet account and you had an adapter slot on your Dell laptop, I see no reason why it would not work. I've used it on two old laptops and it worked on both times.

Question 2

Will this card work with Linux Fedora 20?

Accepted Answer

I really don't know. I couldn't get my computer to work but it wasn't because of the card. I had other problems. Sorry I couldn't be more help.

Question 3

Is product compatible with a Dell Network Card DW1390 for Dell Latitude Laptop Model D520?

Accepted Answer

It should work with any laptop with a PAVIA port and win X and newer. I recommend downloading the newest drivers from the manufacturer's website first, then install those drivers before installing the card.

Question 4

Does this card work with any motherboard or any other components? I built a computer with components i bought from here. is there any way to see if the parts i purchased will work with this card?

Accepted Answer

I purchased this card to replace an older wireless card in my Dell Inspiron 1100. The older card wouldn't access my Netgear 14 wireless router which has the newer WPA2 encryption. The Trendnet TEW-421 card works great. I downloaded their software from their website and everything worked fine. No problems! It works fine in a laptop, not sure if it will work in a desktop. I've only installed PCI interface wireless cards in my desktops. Hope this helps.

Question 5

will it work for xps m1210 dell laptop?

Accepted Answer

The short answer is no. This card has a PC Card (also known as CardBus or originally PCMCIA) connector. As far as I can tell from the manual for your computer, it has a slot for an Express Card, which is a different format.

I found one on the NewEgg web site that would work in your computer, but it's out of stock, and none of the "similar" cards shown on the page are similar enough:

BELKIN F5D8073 N

I looked around a bit and was surprised to find that I couldn't find alternatives. I suspect that there just weren't many made because by the time the ExpressCard interface was established, practically every laptop computer had a WiFi adapter built in so there was no need for the external adapter.

Are you sure this is what you really need? Your computer could be ordered without the internal WiFi adapter, but that would be quite unusual.

If you need a plug-in WiFi adapter, there are loads of them that connect to a USB port. I have one from Trendnet that cost less than $10 that I use when setting up a new desktop computer and don't have a wired network connection available.

Question 6

What speed is this card capable of?

Accepted Answer

Max. Link Rate 	Up to 300 Mbps in 40MHz Channel Mode

Brand	TRENDnet
Model	TEW-421PC

Type	802.11g PCMCIA Wireless Adapter
Standards	IEEE802.11b/g
Max Data Rates	54Mbps
Interface	32bit CardBus Type II
Security	64/128-bit WEP, WPA
Frequency Band	2.4 to 2.497 GHz (Industrial Scientific Medical Band)
Channels	1~11 channels (FCC), 1~13 channels (ETSI), 1~14 channels (MKK-Japan), 10~13 channels (France), 3~9 channels (Israel)
Modulation	CCK, DQPSK, DBPSK, OFDM
Transmitted Power	15dBm
Antenna	2dBi Integrated Microstrip Dual Diversity Antenna
Temperature	0ºC to 40ºC
Humidity	10-95%, Non-Condensing

Dimensions	4.65" x 2.1" x 0.2"
Weight	1.27 oz

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