Anyone know any good ones?

For that price you can get a pair of homeplugs.

Need G or N?

I believe he needs G

G and N? Could you explain what those are please?

802.11g or 802.11draft-n

The speed and stuff. I believe your router is g so you would need a g device (no benefit for you and increased cost for n = fail)

Yeah, you only need a G device. N is simply newer technology, but you would need to upgrade at least your router to benefit from it.

This will probably work fine, though if you want a better know brand, this may be a better option. Don't get Netgear, they suck.

The large number of negative reviews for both of those bothers me.

Well then just go through all the cards, just avoid Netgear, especially if on Vista.

It's difficult to find a good review for a wireless card. This is undoubtedly because people don't know how to install and configure them properly.

Update: Oh actually, my Netgear works really well on Vista ^^

My Netgear card didn't have Vista drivers, and I got some drivers to work, but it would lock up when starting.

My Netgear came with some Vista drivers. Yeah the drivers work but umm.. the software is really, REALLY poor.

My netgear router wont work with certain online games and i cant open the ports. everybody has the same problem the defoult password has been reset, pritty sure we neevr changed it. lots of people complained only fix is to reboot, but mum wont let me as i have no friggin clue what im doing and she doesnt ant to risk loosing her webbys

Reboot = turning it off and on again, you would lose internet for 1 minute, and can be done when not in use. We do it all the time here, I just run round the house asking if anyone's downloading etc.

Switch off at plug. Count to 10. Switch on.


Now, with regards to wireless cards, of all the ones posted in this thread, which to people recommend me the most? I must decide soon.

Don't buy one, you probaily wont need it at uni.

Si has a point there, though you probably need one at home. Just get an el cheapo.

Skillers i ment restart asin reset the router back to factory settings, reboot does nothing

Ohhh, I get you. Well aslong as you know how to set it up, should only take 10mins.

i dont wana loose my wep key (we didnt choose one, it was auto gave) so i cba to redo all our networking shiz. so i just gotta unplug router for certain co-op games

You could look up your WEP key and set it as the same thing again.