Netgear had a lot of probs with their NICs. I went back to Cat5 Patch for
the Vista desktop.

"Lang Murphy" wrote:
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> "buck" <buck@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> > My new laptop, loaded with Vista Home Premium, can not work to the Lynksys
> > router, G2? I believe. In speaking with Lynksys there are a number of
> > wirless routers that are not compatable with Vista and they are responding
> > with drivers to resolve the issues. However, they told me my model was
> > not
> > having a driver prepared. Hence, I am looking for a new wireless router.
> >
> > Of course, I am dumb as a board on these issues and not only do I not know
> > what router to buy, I do not know if i have to replace the gizmo on my
> > desk
> > top to be sync with the new wireless router I intend to buy.
> >
> > If any one can respond with make, model of wireless, comment on the
> > wireless
> > gizmo on the desk top, it would be appreciated.[/color]
>
>
> Yeah, as others have responded, that's crap... Linksys telling you Vista
> isn't compatible with their router. BS, totally, imho. Now... perhaps you
> have a linksys NIC (network interface card) in your PC... maybe, just maybe,
> that doesn't have a Vista driver. That I can see as a possible reason why
> you're having network issues.
>
> I have a Linksys WRT54G router here. I have 2 Vista boxes (both Dells) and 1
> XP Home box (eMachines) connecting to the router via wireless without issue.
>
> Does your router have wireless MAC address filtering enabled?
>
> What type of wireless access security mode does your router employ? WEP?
> WPA? WPA2? Does your NIC support the same mode?
>
> Good luck,
>
> Lang
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