what wireless card to go with Netgear DG834G router

hi all

Considering buying a Netgear DG834G wireless router and I always said
when I went wireless I would get the NIC's from the same supplier to
eliminate (as far as possible) any compatibility issues but is that
really still necessary? I setup a couple of wireless networks about 2
years ago and teh one that had all teh kit from teh same supplier was
certainly a lot easier but teh other did work (eventually - router and
card were both no-name brands). I would like to use teh router's WPA
encrytion so if I didn't have to stick to Netgear cards that would open
my options up, and bring the price down.

cheers,
Iain

On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:11:14 +0100, Iain Robinson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> Considering buying a Netgear DG834G wireless router and I always said
> when I went wireless I would get the NIC's from the same supplier to
> eliminate (as far as possible) any compatibility issues but is that
> really still necessary?

I have used countless brands of wireless clients (USB, PCI and PC Card)
with the many DG834Gs I use, including by Intel, Orinoco (Lucent, Proxim
and Avaya versions), Linksys, D-Com, Microsoft etc. and have never had any
brand which was even slightly reluctant to make a very solid connection.

Tony

Anthony R. Gold wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:11:14 +0100, Iain Robinson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Considering buying a Netgear DG834G wireless router and I always said
>> when I went wireless I would get the NIC's from the same supplier to
>> eliminate (as far as possible) any compatibility issues but is that
>> really still necessary?
>
> I have used countless brands of wireless clients (USB, PCI and PC Card)
> with the many DG834Gs I use, including by Intel, Orinoco (Lucent, Proxim
> and Avaya versions), Linksys, D-Com, Microsoft etc. and have never had any
> brand which was even slightly reluctant to make a very solid connection.
>
> Tony

I come across a bizzare thing yesterday, fiddling around with an old pc, i
was trying to get it connected to a netgear router , using a 3com wireless
usb, it would only connect at 11mbp, and was a very poor signal.

I put a usb2 card in, and the usb device immediatly connected at 54mb with a
70% strength.....

I would have thought the throughput of usb1.1 was sufficient for a 54mbps
connection.

Gaz

On 27 Sep 2006, "Gaz" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I put a usb2 card in, and the usb device immediatly connected at 54mb with a
>70% strength.....
>
>I would have thought the throughput of usb1.1 was sufficient for a 54mbps
>connection.

From a website: "USB 1.1: maximum transfer rate : 12Mbits/second."

I expect the driver software forced 11 Mbps on the wireless link.

Anthony R. Gold wrote:
> On Tue, 26 Sep 2006 21:11:14 +0100, Iain Robinson <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Considering buying a Netgear DG834G wireless router and I always said
>> when I went wireless I would get the NIC's from the same supplier to
>> eliminate (as far as possible) any compatibility issues but is that
>> really still necessary?
>
> I have used countless brands of wireless clients (USB, PCI and PC Card)
> with the many DG834Gs I use, including by Intel, Orinoco (Lucent, Proxim
> and Avaya versions), Linksys, D-Com, Microsoft etc. and have never had any
> brand which was even slightly reluctant to make a very solid connection.
>
> Tony
>

Thanks Tony. Just what I wanted to hear. I think I'll try and avoid a
no-name brand but won't necessarily stick to Netgear. eBay here I come!

Iain