Can the wifi N card in my Mini be upgraded to AC?

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Can the wifi N card in my Mini be upgraded to AC?

Everything in my house is now running AC wireless except for my Mac Mini, which is running N. Is there any to upgrade the Mini to AC wireless?

Mac mini, iOS 9.3

Posted on Mar 29, 2016 10:04 AM

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lllaass

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Mar 30, 2016 7:33 AM in response to 1templar

No but you can get a AC USB dongle like this:

http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Edimax/EW7711MAC/

Just not that unless you have USB 3 you will be limited to USB 2 speed.

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Mar 30, 2016 7:32 AM in response to 1templar

The dongle listed by Illaass is limited in speed, up to 433 Mps, which is just slightly higher than 802.11N speed. The BearExtender Turbo is much faster giving speeds up to 827 Mps. The drivers for El Capitan are beta drivers but if you have Mavericks or before it works great.

http://store.bearextender.com/products/bearextender-turbo-for-mac

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