Wifi upgrade

[ShaunR57]

Hi

I have a Notebook that I have had for some time and after an upgrade in my wifi at home I see that it cannot handle it.

For example my smartphone is picking up speeds of up to 250 mbs but my Notebook is around a fifth of that.

Is there a way I can upgrade it to pick up faster speeds please?

The Notebook is a HP Notebook - 15-ba102na

Thank you

[Paul_Tikkanen]

Hi:

There is only one card you can upgrade to and this is this one:

Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11 ac 1×1 Wi-Fi + Bluetooth 4.2 Combo Adapter (MU-MIMO supported)   HP part # L17365-005/

The card has a maximum throughput of 433 MBPS on the 5.0 GHz Wi-Fi band with an excellent signal, but I doubt you will ever see that speed from it.

Probably half of that speed is more realistic, but it should be a lot better than the maximum speed of 72 MBPS your existing card gets now.

There should be plenty of them for sale on eBay, UK.

L17365-005 for sale | eBay

Below is the link to the service manual where you can find the Wi-Fi card removal and replacement procedure:

HP Notebook PC (AMD) * Models: 15-ba100 – 15-ba199 * Models: 15-ba000 – 15-ba099 * Models: 15-bf100 ...

[ShaunR57]

Thank you as that is very helpful.

I have ordered  one and will see how it goes.

Shaun

[Paul_Tikkanen]

You're very welcome, Shaun.

Below are the links to the latest Wi-Fi and Bluetooth drivers HP currently has for the RTL8821CE Wi-Fi adapter:

Realtek RTL8xxx Wireless LAN Drivers 

RTL8821CE, version 2024.10.230.600

sp161604.exe

Realtek RTL8xxx Series Bluetooth Driver

8821CE, version 1.10.1072.3000

sp158688.exe