Continuity and Handoff Capable Apple Mini Cards + PCIe and mini-PCIe Adapters

[jasggtmac]

Yes it can be used. I received the "Broadcom BCM94360CD 802.11ac mini WLAN+Bluetooth 4.0 Wireless card" and the "Mini PCI-E Adapter for BCM94360CD/BCM94331CD Upgrated to Version 3.0" yesterday. Using the "half size mini-pci-e to full size mini pci-e adapter", i put everything together today. Did not connect the usb cable. So far wifi and bt work excellently. Have not yet tried hand off. I was mainly interested by ac wifi. Here are a few pictures:

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Hi Remy.nice idea, what kind of a drill did you used for the antennas holes?

Thanks for sharing.

 

[macgaga]

where did you get the antennas from ?

some links ?

And with this card is no configuration needed correct?

 

[red-storm]

Do we know the speed of apples' s wifi ac card?
866 Mbps or more?

 

[Uwillparish]

is there a half sized version?

bump on this

 

[remy1961]

Hi Remy.nice idea, what kind of a drill did you used for the antennas holes?

Thanks for sharing.

An ordinary electric drill i got from wall mart for 35$.

 

[remy1961]

where did you get the antennas from ?

some links ?

And with this card is no configuration needed correct?

I got everything from eBay. Usually it takes 2 to 4 weeks to come from china.
For the cable, search on eBay "U.FL to RP-SMA female Pigtail Cable for PCI Card". U.FL and RP-SMA are the type of connectors on each end of the cable.
For the antenna, search for "Wireless WIFI Antenna Booster WLAN RP-SMA".
No, I did not do any configuration. So far wifi and bt continue to work without problem. I will conduct wifi speed tests and continuity and hand off test next week end. Will have to use a friend's phone, since i don't own a recent iphone.

 

[jasggtmac]

Hi, anyone can recommend any internal antennas?

For BT+WIFI, instead of those ugly external ones..

Thanks.
JG

 

[Stork]

Do we know the speed of apples' s wifi ac card?
866 Mbps or more?

The iMac card I'm using gets 1300Mbps on my AC1750 router. While I have researched the iMac card's specifications, I'm guessing it's a AC1750 card, getting 450Mbps on 11n and 1300Mbps on 11ac. After all, Apple's current Airport Base Station is rated AC1750.

 

[red-storm]

The iMac card I'm using gets 1300Mbps on my AC1750 router. While I have researched the iMac card's specifications, I'm guessing it's a AC1750 card, getting 450Mbps on 11n and 1300Mbps on 11ac. After all, Apple's current Airport Base Station is rated AC1750..

Ok so, 300 Mmps is iPhone's ac wifi speed+450 Mmps ssd's read speed=750 totally
A ac1200 router must be perfect!
Thank!

 

[red-storm]

If my system definition is Mac pro 3,1 this ac card will works or not?