Pavilion G6 1186 Antenna count

[JacobTheFox]

Hi. I've tried finding how many antennas this laptop has, but I cannot seem to find how many. I am thinking of upgrading the network card to a dual band card, but it needs two antennas to fully shine. I've looked at the current network card, but I couldn't see if it said if it was a dual or single band card.

[Huffer · Accepted solution]

G6-1186 is not the full model there will be two letters at the end. Your model is going to have the HP whitelist in the BIOS which means if you install any wifi card not on the "good to go" list the computer will not boot up. 

See page 50 of the Manual here:

Manual

It is very easy to open the access panel on the bottom of the laptop and just look at the wireless card and count how many antennae. I believe all the models in that series have 2. There are only 2 dual band cards that are going to get past the whitelist:

Atheros AR9285 802.11 a/b/g/n 2x2 WiFi adapter for use in Canada, the Cayman Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, the United States, and the US Virgin Islands 580101-001

Realtek 8188BC8 802.11a/b/g/n 2x2 WiFi and Bluetooth 3.0+HS Combo Adapter 602993-001

Don't confuse dual band with 2 antennae. A single band card can use 2 antennae. 

https://www.amazon.com/Qualcomm-Atheros-AR9285-PCI-Express-Wireless/dp/B00UFCQ232/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8...

https://www.amazon.com/RTL8188CEBT-RTL8188CEB8-Bluetooth-602993-001-602993-002/dp/B00URHN39G/ref=sr_...

Post back with any more questions and please accept as solution if this is the answer you needed. 

[JacobTheFox]

Is there anywhere you can get the realtek one for hp in the UK, I only found one for compaq minis.

[JacobTheFox]

I found a Realtek RTL8188CEB8 which only has one added letter, do you know if this will work or will the computer not boot just because of the one extra letter in the model?

[JacobTheFox]

Nevermind, the image I found on the listing was just showing the back of the card, it's actually the perfect thing. Thanks for the help.