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Re: Which Wireless Router
"Roberty" <Roberty@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2D698751-06F1-4A6B-8375-78CFAF9F2E8E@microsoft.com...
> I'm stuck guys and really don't know what to do. I need to get a wireless
> router - I have a pc with XP and a new laptop with Vista but each router I
> look at doesn't say if it's Vista compatible. Does anybody know what's
> good,
> that's not too expensive and I can get hold of from somewhere like
> Curry's/PC
> World/Dixons? (I'm UK based)
>
> Plus, once I've hold of a compat. router, what problems am I likely to
> have
> with Vista and wireless, if any?
>
I got a D-Link Wireless G ADSL2/2+ Router, to attach to my new Packard Bell
SW51-BO12 laptop with Vista, using my Virgin Broadband connection (the old
Speedtouch adaptor would not work at all). Upon plugging everything in and
trying it out, I could not get any of the LAN lights to come up. After
calling various helplines (including D-Link themselves, who are useless) I
took it back to the store where they replaced it with another. The same
problem happened, exactly (and I checked the Ethernet cable and so on). In
the end I took this back as well, and replaced it with the (slightly more
expensive) Belkin Wireless G+ Mimo Modem Router, which worked perfectly from
the beginning. It's possible there may be some problem with D-Link and Vista
and/or D-Link and Packard-Bell laptops. Anyhow, I'd be wary about getting a
D-Link Router (though they seem the cheapest) for this reason.
Ian
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