Netgear WN121T causes terrible audio stuttering on Vista

I was looking for a Vista-compatible wireless-N adapter and bought the Netgear WN121T and DG834N bundle from OcUK, after checking Netgear's site and finding drivers for Vista.

After installing the WN121T USB adapter, I get terrible audio stuttering. It lasts for about 5 seconds and happens about once a minute. At first I thought I was having an issue with audio codecs or sound card drivers, but I soon found that the stuttering was happening to all my audio and video, regardless of which application I used, or which sound card I used. I also noticed that the stuttering always coincided with the activity light flashing very brightly several times on the WN121T.

If I disable the WN121T in the Device Manager or in Network Connections, the problem disappears, but it's a bit pointless connecting to the expensive new DG834N on my old bog-standard wireless-G card.

Some research on the web turns up dozens of similar complaints, but Netgear have not as yet done anything about the problem.

So, I was just wondering, has anyone here bought this adapter and had similar problems, and did they manage to solve it?

Thanks in advance.

My DG834N bundle with WN121T USB adapter from OcUK was posted today..Am praying am not going get the problems like this with mine....

Have you tryed it with windows XP to see if it's only a vista driver problem ??....(am using vista 64bit myself)

i cant even get my wireless to connect properly at the moment. I think I have a major problem.

I can see the network I have made (after making up a cable long enough to plg the silly thing in hardwired from my machine)

I can try to connect to it, and add a WPA + slk 3233999+++ what the hell encryption passkey.

but then it does nothing. just sits there trying to connect, eventually stops trying and the network I once saw has gone from the list. I have tried windows network software, and the netgear supplied software.

afraid I am not really posting any useful information. sorry.

edit:

and the netgear support site hasn't worked since friday when I tried to have a browse.

lozza23_uk said:

i cant even get my wireless to connect properly at the moment. I think I have a major problem.

I can see the network I have made (after making up a cable long enough to plg the silly thing in hardwired from my machine)

I can try to connect to it, and add a WPA + slk 3233999+++ what the hell encryption passkey.

but then it does nothing. just sits there trying to connect, eventually stops trying and the network I once saw has gone from the list. I have tried windows network software, and the netgear supplied software.

afraid I am not really posting any useful information. sorry.

edit:

and the netgear support site hasn't worked since friday when I tried to have a browse.

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Did you add your computer MAC Address to the Trusted Wireless Stations which is found in the setup Access list under the wireless settings on the router ???