Any of Dell's broadcom (Truemobile) mini-pci cards should work well.
Recommend you stay away from the Intel cards.

I'm using an atheros card in my Inspiron 8200. Very pleased with it:

http://www.netgate.com/product_info.php?products_id=126

Bought an Truemobile1350 MiniPCI for my i8200 from eBay for less than £10. Downloaded newest drivers and edited the platform recognition in the setup.ini (as recommended by the techies on the forum) and it works very well. Wouldn't really recommend the 14 series unless you think you have a need for 802.11a.

If you use any Truemobile cards on the i8200 which are not recommended on the Dell website (later cards) you will need to edit the drivers and they will work fine.

Hope this helps.

Barry

Any special reason to stay away from Intel? I will see what I can come up with.

Thanks
Charles

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@Charlie-M wrote:
Any special reason to stay away from Intel? I will see what I can come up with.

Thanks
Charles

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Yes. The Intel cards have multiple problems. The transmit power settings don't set (the card will be set to 100% but will only be transmitting at about 40%. Changing the transmit power then setting it back to 100% fixes the problem until you reboot, log off, etc., then you have to do it again). Also, the transmit rate varies wildly. When it drops to 1mbps, you loose the connection.

I bought an Intel card. Still have it. Don't know any use for it though.

i am not seeing that on my 2 intel 2200.

THanks for all the input from everyone. I picked up an Intel 2200bg and after installing the Intel drivers all is working great.

Charles

what do you mean by "editing the drivers"? I just bought the Truemobile 1470 and I can't get it to be recognised by my i8200.

thanks,

Rich

The card was not designed  for the i8200 as it is a later card. During the setup the drivers look for the platform which means the model, so you need to get rid of this in the setup.ini file.

I presume that you have the latest drivers so go to the Dell drivers and find the driver.

The latest drivers are here:

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/previousversions.aspx?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&deviceid=6482&SystemID=INS_PNT_P4_8500&osl=en&os=WW1&releasetype=DRVR&vercnt=13&typecnt=2&libid=5

Right click 'Start' then 'Explore All Users'. Open 'Dell' then 'drivers' and scroll down to yours which should be R115321, or R115320 if you are in the UK.

Open the driver file and go down to a file marked 'Setup...Configuration Settings.....1kb'. Open the file and now you will need to delete a line.

Scroll down to the bottom of the notepad and edit as follows:

AppName=Dell Wireless WLAN Card
;; CmdLine=/app /l0x0009 /config:1400pci /homol:1 /infdir:AR1US
CmdLine=/l0x0009
ProductGUID=F16DD1B4-4933-4019-BC07-A9BF18830338
[Languages]
Default=0x0009
count=27
key0=0x0009
key1=0x001d
key2=0x001e
key3=0x0804
key4=0x0404
key5=0x001a
key6=0x0005
key7=0x0006
key8=0x0013
key9=0x000b
key10=0x0c0c
key11=0x040c
key12=0x0007
key13=0x0008
key14=0x000e
key15=0x001f
key16=0x0010
key17=0x0011
key18=0x0012
key19=0x0014
key20=0x0015
key21=0x0416
key22=0x0816
key23=0x0019
key24=0x001b
key25=0x0024
key26=0x000a
[INSTALL_OPTIONS_NT]
PLATFORM_SELECTOR=dellinst.exe
WL_CONFIG_FILE=bcmpn.wpn

Delete line:

PLATFORM_SELECTOR=dellinst.exe

End now reads:

[INSTALL_OPTIONS_NT]
WL_CONFIG_FILE=bcmpn.wpn

Close the file as edited and double click on the Setup icon nearby (aerial transmitter). The setup procedure will begin and it will recognise your card.

Come back and ask if you get stuck but let me know if all is ok.

Cheers

Barry

 

Message Edited by jothemango on 06-02-200601:16 PM

I am interested in using an internal wireless card, replacing my external apendage card.

What is recommended to use with my 8200?

What about the Intel WIFI Wireless Pro 2200 B/G?  

I suggest you go back & re-read this thread from the beginning. There is a lot of good info here & I for one know it works

Charles

I have yet to have any problems with my selected card. I checked into all the cards listed in this thread and found a great deal on the Intel 2200 BG and went for it. It took a bit to get the drivers installes but thanks to all the info here that went smoothly. Not to say this will happen for everyone.

Charles