Tell us what WiFi chipset a laptop has.

August 29, 2007

Posted By:  tonyb2006

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Tell us the WiFi chipset used in a laptop before we buy it so we know if the WiFi chipset supports a feature we want, or if it supports Linux or another operating system that we intend to use. The WiFi chipset being like "Intel ipw2200" or "Broadcom BCM4306", or "Ralink rt2500".
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  • Dec 9, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: ericrost

    Can we have an update regarding this issue wrt the broadcom announcement:

    http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
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  • Oct 7, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: howlingmadhowie

    i'd have thought this idea would be a no-brainer. what's to stop dell explicitly giving this information on the relevant webpage?
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  • Aug 12, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: k_zamani

    i agree, but you may run "sudo lspci -v | less" in linux.
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  • Aug 1, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: comprevolution

    I think that more tech info should be presented not only before purchase but after purchase as well. I know that you have to dumb down what you put becuse the non tech savy person wouldn't need it and would probably complain that you are killing trees wasteing paper with info that they don't need but its also a real pain for someone that wants to know every aspect of whats in there machiene for upgrades and software/hardware support.
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  • May 23, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: chris_b

    @umberto Thanks for the comment. We are currently reviewing the original idea and all comments, please keep the suggestions coming. =)
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  • May 22, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: umberto

    This needs to be done. In fact, why not have a fully-updated spec sheet that tells the consumer exactly what they are buying; as in the model number for every part? This would really give Dell an edge in the market for more technically-inclined users.
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  • Feb 19, 2008     Comment Link

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    Posted By: mariov

    Great idea! i wish my 1300 came with intel instead of broadcom...
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  • Dec 7, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: petzymathuram

    Hi John...welcome back...2 Ideastorm..not bad people from Dell are still here...;)
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  • Dec 6, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: rotthund

    Don't the Centrino stickers imply that. or the Centrino stickers means it's Intel Wi-Fi?
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  • Nov 12, 2007     Comment Link

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    Posted By: john_h

    The Dell-branded wireless cards right now are Broadcom-based devices, while the Intel-branded ones are obviously Intel. The Linux support for the Broadcom chipsets isn't the best right now, but they can be made to work, with either the bcm43xx driver + additional firmware, or with ndiswrapper. Some info on getting them to work is here: http://linux.dell.com/wiki/index.php/Tech/Wireless/Truemobile_ndiswrapper

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