Pete

Thanks Mick. I might look at getting a new router that explicitly works with
Vista.

"Mick Murphy" <MickMurphy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9C161709-B796-4013-973C-F2E42D428A3F@microsoft.com...
> Netgear has had heaps of hassles with their Wireless NIC Cards since Vista
> came out. I rang them in Feb, and their answer was maybe updated Drivers
> in
> May.
> I went back to Cat5.
>
> "Pete" wrote:
>
>> Hi there,
>>
>> I have some problems at the moment. I have a Dell Inspiron PC, with a
>> G-link
>> USB wireless adapter (DWL-G132) and a wireless router (Netgear DG834GT).
>> I
>> also had a Netgear WPN111 USB adapter but it was horrible, kept dropping
>> connections.
>>
>> Anyway, the issues I have are:
>> 1) Upon startup, the adapter does not automatically connect to the
>> router. I
>> have to spend the first 5-10 minutes getting it to firstly see my router
>> and
>> then connect to it
>> 2) Once connected, the connection is patchy, that is, I click on a URL,
>> sometimes the response is immediate, sometimes it pauses for maybe 10-15
>> seconds before the page appears. I also get timeouts when using iTunes
>> and
>> other apps. So performance-wise, I'm having a major problem. This is
>> further
>> characterised when I'm downloading. I'll see a burst of incoming traffic,
>> then a pause, then another burst, then a pause, and so on. Under XP it
>> was
>> constant.
>> 3) Using the Netgear WPN111 adapter, I also had the additional issue of
>> it
>> just dropping it's connection to my router, with the only resolution
>> being
>> either a unplug/replug of the adapter or a complete reboot of the PC.
>> After
>> 24 hours, no sign of this with the D-link - here's hoping.
>>
>> I've seen lots of articles and web pages abour Vista wireless networking
>> issues, but none that seem to reflect what I'm experiencing. If anyone
>> has
>> any ideas, I'd be very appreciative. In the meantime, the search goes on.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Pete
>>
>>