Wireless N Adapters

[eidairaman1]

Well guys I'm moving into a house that I'm splitting the rent with a few others, they have a wireless N router on a cable network, I was wondering what Wireless N adapter was going to provide me the best reception of any. Bear in mind Ive had a rocky past with Linksys WRT54GS ver 5.0 which after a certain firmware update was crappy. It was also unreliable for gaming, wireless I couldn't find the network and I was like 2 feet away from the router on a Laptop. After that i switched to a Netgear WPN824 ver 2.0 and it is Pretty Good for a Wireless G Router, My laptop easily found the router and I havent had any problems with it gaming.

So just to ask what Brand and model wireless N adapter PCI would you suggest i purchase?

[Mussels]

N has better range and bandwidth than G, but its still not going to be good as a cable.

Dont know about specific models, but N is a good choice.

[Flyordie]

If possible get the wireless router on the highest spot in the house...
Wireless N has 3 standards that are recognized... Draft 1.0, Draft 2.0 and the final which is NOT backwards compatible with the other 2 because it uses the 5Ghz band.

[eidairaman1]

well i dont know what specific Router they have, just know its an N series router, so that means i need a N Adapter for it. Im asking for a PCI Type.

[eidairaman1]

im gonna bump this up

[eidairaman1]

Ok Since I have had the rough past with Linksys, and have had a Pretty Good Run with Netgear as of the Router I have currently. What do yall think of this Network Adapter Card???

http://www.netgear.com/Products/Adap...rs/WN311B.aspx

[Wile E]

Believe it or not, I have this card and have had absolutely no issues with it using a D-Link DIR-655 router. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833180052

[allen337]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...24&name=EDIMAX

best one ive ever owned- have 2 linksys wireless g and 2 dlink wireless g and the cheapo has better connection go figure. Its upstairs in daughters puter and my dir655 is downstairs 3 rooms away.

[eidairaman1]

I forgot to mention im unaware of where this Wireless N router is but i believe is a Linksys (not sure if its dual band but apparently has the wide antenna), and this Will be in place of a 2 Story House, So I just hope this stuff works out otherwise im going to probably wind up getting a Range Booster or even just send a patch cable to my bedroom.

[Wile E]

Originally Posted by allen337

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...24&name=EDIMAX

best one ive ever owned- have 2 linksys wireless g and 2 dlink wireless g and the cheapo has better connection go figure. Its upstairs in daughters puter and my dir655 is downstairs 3 rooms away.

He specifically said wireless N.

For a rough idea, my DIR-655 on the first floor feeds a perfectly good signal up to my third floor where the missus has the iMac with the crappy built-in Airport N card.

[eidairaman1]

i also hope that the person im renting from has also gotten the fastest cable connection available, otherwise ill pay additional for an upgrade, but ya the adapter is the first thing i need to look at.

[sttubs]

Originally Posted by Wile E

Believe it or not, I have this card and have had absolutely no issues with it using a D-Link DIR-655 router. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16833180052

I've read that Vista 64 has had problems with pci wireless N cards, but not with usb plug in types, is this not true?

[Wile E]

Originally Posted by sttubs

I've read that Vista 64 has had problems with pci wireless N cards, but not with usb plug in types, is this not true?

If a PCI N card has problems, it's only because the manufacturer coded bad drivers. At which point you return that card, and grab a different one.

Somebody claiming that ALL PCI N card have troubles in Vista x64 is a bit far fetched, and nonsensical.