Replace wifi card

[G4LAXY]

My wifi's been pretty bad lately, and I'm wondering if I can replace my bulit-in wifi card. Problem is, I don't know what type of card would be compatible with my pc. Any help would be appreciated!

 

specs:
Model: HP EliteBook 850 G1
WiFi Card: Intel dual band wireless-N 7260

[Falcon1986]

2 hours ago, G4LAXY said:

My wifi's been pretty bad lately…

What do you mean by this? Have you tried updating the drivers?

 

2 hours ago, G4LAXY said:

…and I'm wondering if I can replace my bulit-in wifi card.

You can try replacing it, but if your wireless environment isn’t optimized or your wireless router is not up to the task, then a new card won’t solve the problem. Have you run a wireless survey to see what your 2.4GHz and 5GHz channel analysis looks like? What make/model of wireless router do you have?

 

2 hours ago, G4LAXY said:

Problem is, I don't know what type of card would be compatible with my pc.

Open up the Elitebook and locate the Intel 7260 WiFi adapter. Take a picture of it.

 

The 7260 is a half mini PCIe WiFi card.