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Hello all
Can someone please tell me what different between these two Intel Wifi 5100 and 5300 in term of performance and reliability?
I read spec from tabook, and both are 11a/b/g/n, My X200 has 5100. Please advice, thanks
LD

From what I have seen the 5300 supports Wimax wireless. Intel's specs can be found here.

Brad

ludu35 wrote:Can someone please tell me what different between these two Intel Wifi 5100 and 5300 in term of performance and reliability?

With current commonly available WiFi 802.11n access points, there is no difference.

The 5300 supports "3x3 MIMO" operation, which will give higher speed operation (~450 Mbps) over the common 802.11n "2x3 MIMO" implementations

The 5300 will operate in both 2x3 and 3x3 modes for 802.11n, while the 5100 will operate only in the 2x3 mode for 802.11n

Cheers,

Bill B.

Bill/Brad
Thanks for your explanation ...
I noticed that ebay selling 5300 very cheap, so should i upgrade mine? and what is fru part # for 5300?

My x200 currenly has 5100. Thanks
LD

I wouldn't upgrade but thats just me. I bought my T400 used so it already came with it.

My parts list shows FRU 43Y6495.

Brad

I believe 5350 supports WiMax, not 5300.

If you read the specs for 5100 and 5300, 5300 supports higher (in theory) maximum throughput for Wifi n implementation (450Mbps vs 300Mbps) and greater range, provided your access point supports it of course.

http://www.intel.com/network/connectivi ... /index.htm
Scroll down to "Features and Benefits"

Hi forum
Just updated the latest driver from Intel.com, so my 5100 is running better now, I used Lenovo driver before, connection was bad sometime
Thanks
LD

Guys, I'm trying to figure if it's possible to install 5300 on X300. I've been serching around but I couldn't find an answer to this question.

Thanks,
Yury