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New Gateway and Access Point
I recently upgraded my gateway to an XB8 from Xfinity and as a result, one of my older laptops will not connect wirelessly. The ethernet works fine. I was told by Xfinity that I could use an old rout...
they make the nano adapters (a bit shorter range) that don't stick out very far.
It's an Intel centrino wireless-n 1000. The laptop is an old Lenovo Z570 Ideapad that used to connect by wireless just fine....until I upgraded the gateway. The laptop is old enough that I'm not sure if an internal card replacement is available. I tried to ask Lenovo, but they had no advice.
maybe not something worth it but you can get a usb based one. That'd be a better option than adding a 2nd router that can add interference. Pretty cheap too. You can snag a half decent one from old jeff b for that $10-20