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The Book of Wireless, Second Edition
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The Book of Wireless, Second Edition

by John Ross
January 2008
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
336 pages
9h 43m
English
No Starch Press
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Installing an Internal Adapter in a Laptop Computer

Most new laptops include a built-in Wi-Fi adapter on a mini-PCI card that mounts directly on the computer's motherboard. If you ordered your computer without an internal Wi-Fi card and decide to install one later, or if you want to replace the existing card with a new and better model (such as a card that includes the new 802.11n specification when such cards become available), you must open up the computer to reach the adapter.

Don't try to take apart a laptop computer without specific instructions for your particular make and model. Laptops are all designed to squeeze as many parts and features as possible into a very small package, and there's usually just one correct way to get to each component. ...

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