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Hello,

My Netgear WPN311 wireless card will not work with vista. I tried a manual install with no joy. So instead of hammering a round peg through a square whole which wireless cards are working for February Vista? I will buy the one that works.

Stan

Its probably a matter of drivers. Give it time. Thanks for joining the site

- Mike

Thanks for the reply. I am sure someone has a wireless network card that works. Just curious to know what brand.

Stan

It's not so much a matter of time is it is with being a beta. Once windows vista is fully released, im sure there will be a number of wifi cards supported. Im not a huge fan of wireless. if you have the option, get a cat5 cable and go with it. Wifi is a big hassle. To many variables come with it. You have to think about radio waves, niose from power lines and high EMF spikes in the air. Most of the time, unless you are sitting within 5 feet of the device and no metal objects are between you and it, you will probably have problems. Mike, back me up on this. I always stress on ablenet WIFI sucks :P

Don't stress it. Once vista is release im sure the card will be supported.


josh_rain

I have an Intel PRO/Wireless 2915 Internal (802.11a/b/g 54Mbps) built in with my laptop and I have confirmed that it does/will work with Windows Vista.

I'd put it this way, I wouldn't run a server off a wireless connection, but for my needs, wireless suits me fine. I don't see what the big issue is. I have my main computer using a wired connection, but my laptop uses built-in wifi. Now if you are using an older wifi card you will notice a huge performance difference as far as reception. Someone I know used to experience problems all the time because they had an older laptop, and the signal would always drop.

Wifi is very convenient for alot of things. I'm sure someone has got it working on Vista. As I said, I have seen it working on integrated wireless for notebooks. Some of the external cards will just need driver support

Originally Posted by josh_rain

You have to think about radio waves, niose from power lines and high EMF spikes in the air. Most of the time, unless you are sitting within 5 feet of the device and no metal objects are between you and it, you will probably have problems.

so youve got a cellphone tower on the roof or something? im on wireless without a problem

.... Wireless is great when you within a good distance of the wifi router/signal. But with my experience and working as a field tech, wifi is more of a hassle than its worth. Cable is much more reliable and you get better speeds.

Originally Posted by josh_rain

.... Wireless is great when you within a good distance of the wifi router/signal. But with my experience and working as a field tech, wifi is more of a hassle than its worth. Cable is much more reliable and you get better speeds.

my wireless connection will get the same speeds are wired so i dunno were your comming from ...

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my wireless connection will get the same speeds as wired

I agree. Every computer in my house is now wireless and I have NO issues at all. Actually I haven't had any issues with any house I've lived in. Now I live very near an Air Force Base(2 in fact) with planes flying all around, I also have a 2.4GHz cordless phone, And a cell phone tower VERY near my house, and my microwave is always running , and have yet to have any interference problems. I could be out in my garage with my laptop which is a good 50 feet or so from where my router is in my basement and have no connectivity issues. BUT, to each his own.


But to answer the initial question: my internal wireless in my laptop is an Intel Pro2200 and works fine. Also I have a Linksys WUSB11 USB adapter that installs without a hitch. In XP I have to load drivers for the USB adapter but under Vista it loads it automatically. Also, in my older Gateway laptop I use a Motorola PCMCIA wireless card that Vista loads drivers for automatically as well. Hope that helps.

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I had problems with my wifi card - i simply searched for drivers in C:/WINDOWS (my XP partition), and it found them.

With another device I had to search the whole of C: for relevent drivers.