Dell recommends applying this update during your next scheduled update cycle. The update contains feature enhancements or changes that will help keep your system software current and compatible with other system modules (firmware, BIOS, drivers and software).
Compatibility
Systems
Operating systems
Inspiron 1000 Inspiron 1501 Inspiron 6000 Inspiron 1100 Inspiron 500m Inspiron 1150 Inspiron 300m Inspiron 5100 Inspiron 5150 Inspiron 5160 Inspiron 8500 Inspiron 9100 Inspiron 9200 XPS/Inspiron XPS XPS/Inspiron XPS Gen 2 Inspiron 8600 Inspiron 510m Inspiron 600m Inspiron 700m Inspiron 710m Inspiron 1200 Inspiron 2200 Inspiron 9300 Inspiron B120 Inspiron 1300/B130 Latitude D531 Latitude D500 Latitude 100L Latitude X300 Latitude D400 Latitude D410 Latitude D420 Latitude D430 Latitude D505 Latitude D600 Latitude D610 Latitude D800 Latitude 110L Latitude 120L Latitude 131L Latitude ATG D620 Latitude D510 Latitude D520 Latitude D620 Latitude D630 Latitude D810 Latitude D820 Latitude D830 Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M65 Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M70 Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M90 Latitude X1 Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M2300 Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M6300 Vostro Notebook 1000 Vostro Notebook 1400 Vostro Notebook 1500 Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M20 Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M4300 Dell Precision Mobile WorkStation M60 XPS/Inspiron M140/630m XPS/Inspiron M170
Microsoft Windows XP Microsoft Windows XP x64
Fixes and Enhancements
The Dell Wireless WLAN Card has the following features:
IEEE 802.11a operation (5-GHz frequency band) IEEE 802.11g operation (2.4-GHz frequency band) Network data rate of up to 54 Mbit/s Unscheduled Automatic Power Save Delivery support Cisco Compatible Extensions v4 support IPv6 support Smart card authentication support, including authentication during single sign-on Dell Wireless WLAN Card Utility for managing your wireless networks, running hardware tests, and getting wireless network-related information Wireless Network Connection Settings tool for connecting to advanced infrastructure networks Wireless Network Wizard for connecting to basic infrastructure networks and ad hoc networks and creating ad hoc networks
New for this release
Draft IEEE 802.11n operation (2.4-GHz frequency band and 5-GHz frequency band) with a network data rate of up to 270 Mbit/s for 40 MHz bandwidth channel and 130 Mbit/s for 20 MHz bandwidth channel
Corrected an issue with the ¡¥Disable Upon Wired Connect¡¦ advanced property
Added Support for the Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card NOTE: The Wi-Fi Catcher?feature is not supported with the Dell Wireless 1505 Draft 802.11n WLAN Mini-Card on the following systems: D820, M65, D420, and D620
The Dell Wireless WLAN Card works with any IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED?wireless router/AP or wireless client network adapter
NOTE: Not all Dell Wireless WLAN Card models support IEEE 802.11a (5-GHz) or IEEE 802.11n operation.
The Dell Wireless WLAN Card works with any IEEE 802.11 Wi-Fi CERTIFIED wireless router/AP or wireless client network adapter.
Installation Instructions
Hard Drive Installation (via WinZip) with Setup.exe File for R151517.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 R151517.EXE. 2.The Self-Extracting window appears and prompts you to extract or unzip to C:\DELL\DRIVERS\R151517. 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\R151517 in the Open textbox and then click OK. 8.Follow the on-screen installation instructions.
