If I have a Dell laptop that already has a wifi will the wifi on the laptop interfere with the adapter?
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Disable the built in adapter in your network settings and everything should work fine. I've used mine on half a dozen computers with built in wifi.
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Nope. This adapter has the second cord which has to be used in order to power the laptop via the wall outlet.
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I bought an adapter but the adapter is not working, I think you should ask dell support
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The hardware would not be the problem. If the laptop has wifi it will connect. Its the software you use that makes the connection to this device.
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The pass through version makes it so that you can still use your plug and not have it be completely taken up by the adapter. The only concern is that by running power through it in addition to your network that it may cause interference, it seems as though they have addressed this by adding a noise filter to prevent that interference. Just make sure not to connect anything that draws a ton of power like a treadmill or AC unit, tvs, gane consoles, and other electronic media players should be just fine.
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Had a similar problem. Placing the adapter on a USB extention cable to get it away from interference sources fixed the problem. You might have a different cause. Are you running encryption on your network?
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Its not really designed to be used for a WiFi adapter. Most WiFi devices are designed to use 50ohm antennas and cables. Using a 75 ohm antenna, if you could find the right adapters, would be inefficient and defeat the purpose of installing the antenna. You're better off finding an antenna specfically for WiFi in the 2.4GHz band (assuming a 2.4GHz adapter).
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Yes and the adapter works on another modem and using a different power supply which comes off a known good modem makes no difference.
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No. Adapter loses connection and drops in and out intermittently. Not usable at all.
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Sorry for the delay. We are using this adapter to connect a VGA monitor to an HDMI port on a computer running MS-Windows. It should connect any VGA monitor to an HDMI port on your Dell laptop. The device is working well for us.
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Sure. No problem. Just be aware that for this model you need to plug your laptop into it to get a signal. A different model delivers the signal with wifi.
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No, this adapter only has a circular end. I would recommend in your case sourcing either ebay or Dell directly.
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Adapter is what goes into your computer, it's the bit that can receive wifi signal. What you need is the device that transmits the signal. It can either be wifi modem from clearwire or you can purchase a separate wifi router. I would advice the latter, plenty of choices on Amazon. Will likely be cheaper and work better.
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The power adaptor is no larger than any other for a laptop, not especially heavy, about the same as for my 15" Inspiron. Wifi works well, never had a problem with it.
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You might want to check whether it's your router, or the Dell. If you have other wireless devices around your house - another PC, smartphone, tablet, smart TV - try connecting those to your router and run something that requires constant bandwidth (streaming video for example) for 1 hour. If other devices get dropped as well, it's probably your wireless router going unstable - try power cycling it (plug out power, wait 20 seconds, plug it back in) occasionally. Wireless routers are known to get unstable every now and then. Otherwise, you can suspect your Dell. If you're buying directly from Amazon, it's very easy to return it in case the new adapter doesn't work out.
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The Wifi settings are persistent so, if you remove power it'll reconnect to the same WiFi when you power it on again. You might have to refocus it each time you move it and that might be a pain since the focus is a manual adjustment. If you don't mind unplugging the adapter and refocusing it each time, it could be moved from room to room.