Connection problems in Windows 8

Teuton · 27 Dec 2013 at 17:37

Hi all,

So my Christmas build is complete and everything is running smoothly...except for the wireless network.

I'm using a netgear router and a netgear wna3100m USB dongle to connect to it. I downloaded the latest drivers for windows 8 from netgear's website and it does connect to the internet. The connection is quite slow however and in games I am having some major issues with lag spikes. Connection has also been dropping consistently throughout the day.

Anyone have an idea what this could be due to? The internet works fine on my laptop and it worked fine on my old computer, which was running windows 7.

Do you think a good PCI wireless card would solve it?

Thanks

Teuton · 27 Dec 2013 at 17:48

It was set to turn off in the device manager, I've changed that but the connection is still slow.

Teuton · 27 Dec 2013 at 21:54

Looking at PCI cards, something like this: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=NW-077-TP&groupid=46&catid=1597&subcat=1622

It says it is windows 8 compatible on the website, but a reviewer on Amazon said it caused crashes, this seems like an occurring theme on PCI cards and windows 8.

Does anyone know a good PCI card that works well in windows 8?

Teuton · 30 Dec 2013 at 15:20

Just to update, I purchased a TPLink TL-WN951N PCI wireless adapter as I suspected my Netgear USB dongle was the problem.

The PCI adapter is now installed and works perfectly.