Dell Wireless 1370 WLAN MiniPCI Card, Wireless 1470 Dual-Band WLAN miniPCI Card, Wireless 1390 WLAN MiniCard, Wireless 1490 Dual-Band WLAN MiniCard, Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card, Wireless 1395 WLAN MiniCard, Dell Wireless 13xx, 14xx, 1505 MiniCard, v.5.10.79.14 (Driver); 5.10.79.22 (Application), A25-1

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Installer package containing driver version 5.10.79.14 and application version 5.10.79.22 supporting Dell Wireless WLAN on Windows 32-bit and 64-bit Vista operating systems.
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Fixes & Enhancements

This release provides the following features/enhancements:
- Improved AMPDU performance and new AMPDU retry code
- Elimination of audio and video pops during WLAN scans
- Roaming enhancements
- Enhanced Interference detection and mitigation
- Reduced CPU utilization
- Limit radio to 802.11abg with WEP/TKIP
- Enables WLAN channel support for 65 new countries in driver (previously supported in application) - Angola, Anguilla (UK), Armenia, Belize, Benin, Burma (Myanmar), Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Fiji, French Polynesia (France), French Southern and Antarctic Lands, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Iraq, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Mali, Mongolia, Montserrat (UK), Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Caledonia, Northern Mariana Islands (USA) (Rota Island, Saipan, Tinian Island), Palau, Qatar, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, Suriname, Swaziland, Togo, Tonga, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands (UK), Tuvalu, Vanuatu, Wallis and Futuna (France), West Bank (see Israel), Western Sahara (see Morocco), Yemen and Zimbabwe

The release also includes fixes for the following bugs:
- Poor transmit power/throughput when operating with Cisco LWAP
- BSOD on bcmwl16.sys when using DLINK DWL-3500AP
- Frequent disconnects and/or poor SNR with D-Link DIR-655
- Install failing from remote/read-only source folder
- Wake on Wireless LAN issues in S3/S4
- CCKM not supported in Vista for countries other than USA and Japan
- Some localization/translation errors
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Version

5.10.79.14, A25-1

Release date

13 May 2009

Download Type

Driver

Category

Network, Ethernet & Wireless

Importance

Optional
Dell Technologies recommends reviewing this update to determine if it applies to your system. The update contains changes that impact only certain configurations or provides new features that may or may not apply to your environment.
Available formats

File Format: ZipPack External
File Name: R219872.exe
File Size: 70.33 MB
This is a large file. Depending on your connection speed, it may take some time to download.
Format Description:
This file contains a compressed (or zipped) set of files. Download the file to a folder on your hard drive, and then run (double-click) it to unzip the set of files. Follow the instructions to complete the installation.
To ensure the integrity of your download, please verify the checksum value.
MD5:
134cf922f93e9f1d3c2981a143f07baa
SHA1:
Not available
SHA-256:
Not available

By downloading, you accept the terms of the Dell Software License Agreement.

Additional details

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CDSK,DRVR,NTWK,WRLES,WW
Dell Wireless 1395 WLAN MiniCard
Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card Desktops
MOD,SW,NAVI-BNDL,CUFH,3-8,ENT
Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with Setup.exe File for R219872.EXE

Download

1.Click Download Now, to download the file.
2.When the File Download window appears, click Save (Windows XP
users will click Save) this program to disk and click OK. The Save In:
window appears.
3.From the Save In: field, click the down arrow then click to
select Desktop and click Save. The file will download to your desktop.
4.If the Download Complete window appears, click Close. The file
icon appears on your desktop.

Install

1.Double-click the new icon on the desktop labeled R219872.EXE.
2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or
unzip to C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R219872. Write down this path so the executable (I.e.
Setup.exe) file can be found later.
3.The Self-Extractor window appears.
4.Click OK.
5.After completing the file extraction, if the Self-Extractor
window is still open, close it.
6.Click the Start button and then click Run.
7.Type C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R219872 in the Open textbox and then click OK.
8.Follow the on-screen installation instructions.

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