I am pretty certain that the answer is no but they are freely available on ebay. If the antenna were included it would state this on the site.

Before you go ahead I think you had better read this thread, from which it appears that you cannot fit an aftermarket antenna to the motherboard of the B120 if it did not come initially with an internal wireless card.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/board/message?board.id=si_wireless&message.id=20957&query.id=455#M20957

I hope that this helps and stops you from embarking on a futile project.

Although there appear to be two MOBOS produced, balti-mor*n claims to have completed this task and may be able to offer guidance if you contact him.

http://forums.us.dell.com/supportforums/tracker?user.id=5826169

Kind regards

Barry

Message Edited by jothemango on 07-17-200604:50 PM

Message Edited by jothemango on 07-17-200604:51 PM

trust me, it's been common practice for a very long time and dell is late in catching up.  i bought an emachine on sale for around $500 (a killer price for the time) around the same time I bought my i5100 -- a little under 3 years ago.  the 5100 had the antennas even though I didn't order the card -- the emachines laptop had a nice miniPCI slot with zero leads, rendering it useless.

it's sad that dell does this, yes, but on the other hand I feel that most people who don't order a wireless card to begin with can probably get by fine with a USB or expresscard option (when the latter becomes available).

I do agree with you Nemesis but isn't it a pity that Dell has put its customers in this position of having a slot that they cannot utilise for a wireless adapter and an internal card slot without an antenna? I recognise that the margins are tight on notebooks but how much does an internal antenna cost to include?

Cheers Barry

thanks for all the responses. I am already waiting for a response from balti-|V|oron.

I already have a USB adapter, but like the idea of absolute portability - not having to plug anything extra in.

[Andrew]

Message Edited by jothemango on 07-18-200605:40 PM

yes...i will definitly post my progress and results!

yes...i will definitly post my progress and results.

[Andrew]

Well. I finally got around to ordering the parts in for adding Wireless to the B120. Today, i just got the Wireless card from dell. It installed with no problem. I am still waiting for the internal antenna to come in (from ebay) - But for now i know it works since if i place the laptop beside the router, i can pick up the wireless signal.

I'll post up my progress with installing the internal antenna (hardest part of all this) as soon as possible. It should be here in a couple of days.


Sorry for any delays.

[Andrew]

Its ok, Andrew. Nice of you to update us on your progress. Good luck with the antenna.

Regards

Barry