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Intel(R) Centrino(R) Wireless-N 2230 WiFi Skip Navigation. Place orders quickly and easily; View orders and track your shipping status. Driver Details. For more downloads go to the Drivers and downloads. For help on using the information on this page. Centrino is a brand name of Intel Corporation which represents its Wi-Fi and WiMAX wireless computer networking adapters. Previously the same brand name was used by the company as a platform-marketing initiative.
This utility will install the originally shipped Driver for your Sony VAIO® computer. Important notes: please read carefully. This download is only for use with the following Sony VAIO® Computers: - VPC; SV; PCG; PCV; VGN; VGC; VGX Do not install this utility with any other model of computer, including other Sony computers sold worldwide. During the installation of this update, be sure that you are logged in as the Administrator or as a user with Administrative rights. To ensure that no other program interferes with the installation, save all work and close all other programs.
The Taskbar should be clear of applications before proceeding. It is highly recommended that you print out these instructions as a reference during the installation process. Download and Installation Instructions Please follow the steps below to download and install the driver. Download the.exe file to a temporary or download directory (please note this directory for reference). Go to the directory where the file was downloaded and double-click the.EXE file to begin the installation. At User Account Control click Yes. If the Select Language window appears, select the language you wish to use and click the OK.
At Select Country please select the country you want for this installation and click Next. At the Welcome to Driver Setup Program, click Next. Read the Software License Agreement and click I Agree. At the Finished screen, click Finish. At This system must be restarted to complete the installation, click OK to reboot the system.
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Components of the Centrino platform. From right, clockwise: adapter, Intel, Intel mobile, and Intel mobile. Centrino is a of which represents its and wireless computer networking adapters.
Previously the same brand name was used by the company as a platform- initiative. The change of the meaning of the brandname occurred on January 7, 2010. The old platform-marketing brand name covered a particular combination of mainboard, mobile and interface in the design of a.
Intel claimed that systems equipped with these technologies delivered better performance, longer battery life and broader interoperability than non-Centrino systems. The new product line name for Intel wireless products is Intel Centrino Wireless. Main article: Menlow platform (2008) On March 2, 2008, Intel introduced the processor brand for a new family of low-power processor platforms. The components have thin, small designs and work together to 'enable the best mobile computing and Internet experience' on mobile and low-power devices. Intel's second generation MID platform (codenamed ) contains a 45 nm Intel Atom processor (codenamed ) which can run up to 2.0 GHz and a System Controller Hub (codenamed ) which includes (codenamed Azalia). Centrino Menlow platform Mobile an Intel (codenamed Poulsbo) with integrated graphics ( 535 based) a CPU (codenamed ) a wireless radio This platform was initially branded as Centrino Atom but the logo was dropped in August 2008; the logo had caused confusion between laptop and with previous marketing of Centrino stating only Intel chipsets are being used. Hence MIDs will be branded as Atom to allow integration with other OEM chipsets for the low-end market.
Intel Centrino Wireless. Main article: Laptops with Intel technology have hardware features that allow a system administrator to remotely access wired and wireless laptops for maintenance and servicing if the operating system is unresponsive or crashed and, when a laptop is connected to (not on battery power), allow a sys-admin to remotely access the laptop when the system is asleep or laptop power is off.
It is targeted more for businesses than consumers. Centrino laptop with Intel technology. Centrino 2 laptop with Intel vPro technology Security technologies Laptops with vPro have the typical or quad-core processor and wireless features of the Centrino family.
The vPro technology built into the chipset adds management, security, and remote-deployment features for: monitoring laptops (protected event logs, access to settings, out-of-band alerting, protected data storage), maintaining and updating systems (access to protected system information, remote power up, console redirection), repairing systems (remote boot, console redirection, preboot access to BIOS settings, protected events logs), and securing systems (remote power up, hardware filters for network traffic, agent presence checks/triggers, out-of-band alerting). The 45 nm Centrino 2 package is based on the and Q47/Q45 chipset. It includes a better graphics engine (integrated) than Centrino, and three key additional features: (TLS) secured communications over an open (LAN) for wired laptops outside the corporate (not supported for wireless states), support for (NAP), and support for out-of-band management and security features in Sx (all sleep states) when the laptop is inside the corporate firewall. See also., archived from on 2013-01-12. Flynn, Laurie J.