That's a very good point, I guess what I'm looking for will be a u.FL (or whatever connector on the 2230 card) to external dual-lead dual-band MIMO antenna... so, probably u.FL to RP-SMA, and a little 2x MIMO antenna with RP-SMA leads... which @eselarm had suggested, as it turns out.
Won't the signal be almost completely attenuated by the metal casing itself?