x64 wireless cards

Brooksie

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my WMP11 doesn't even have vista supported drivers, so i'm on the lookout for a x64 bit driver supported wireless card, good and cheap.

The Linksys WMP54G looks good. But I don't really know much about wireless cards etc. My net has been real slow for ages and it's starting to pee me off. Can't even play online games cuz I keep lagging out.
 
also interested as i think my realtek 8185 is the cause of all my problems, few and far between vista drivers, time for somethingnew
 
If its pci you want, I have a wireless xtreme N d-link dwa-552 pci card that works really well on vista 64 bit only reason I switched is cause i have no slots available as I have a tri sli gfx setup in my machine, will never use it I guess so you could have that for £25 plus delivery if your intrested pm, let me know if you need pics or anything?
 
Abit Airpace WiFi is pretty good pci-e 1x nice and small buuuuuttttt if you do with fresh install of vista 64bit with sp1 rolled in the card won't work with the standard abit drivers I had to use the drivers for the wifi chipset.
 
well this is weird, i'm the only one at home atm.. and my net is quite fast. speedtest says im getting a 5mb download speed.. even though i'm downloading rfactor with DAP and getting 300-500kb/s. But when my brother and dad are using the internet they internet is fast and sleek and mine gets really sluggish and slow. =(

could it be a fact that my wireless card is just slow and can't handle the speeds? I think I bought it in like 2003 lol.
 
Actually there might be another way. Plus it's one where everyone in the house (Assuming that they all use their computers from fixed locations.) can benefit. It's called "broadband over powerline".

Basically there are ways to transmit a network signal over your plain vanilla powerline in your house. Problems-

1. if you live in a place with older or shared wiring it can cause interference and therefore, slowdowns

2. the speeds will be close to but not quite the same as DSL, keep that in mind

3. if you're worried about power spikes frying a unit you can hook them up to a power strip with protection but it will reduce your speed

4. most of the units I'm aware of require software installed on your computer to keep your individual "slave unit" synced with the master. this is an issue since you've said you're running 64bit and most of the software packages don't support 64bit Windows- except one.

Since I'm new to the forum I can't give you a direct link, so get to Google and search for the Panasonic HD-PLC. Specifically the BL-PA100A. They're not cheap, but they require no software installs and therefor can be used with any OS or system out there. Any of the units can be configured to act as master or slave. You will need one unit to connect directly to your router via standard network cable and then plugged into the wall. Then one additional unit per computer, also plugged into the wall, which then connects via a standard network cable to your LAN/Ethernet card.

I'm using two right now since I can't drill holes in this townhouse I'm in, but the nearest cable line is very far away from where I use my computer.
 
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