Netgear WG111T or Netgear WPN111

cleanbluesky · 2 Apr 2006 at 20:19

I dont know much about wireless networking, and dont know which of these is better or why. Would someone care to enlighten me?

cleanbluesky · 2 Apr 2006 at 22:49

So no-one has an opinion on this?

FirebarUK · 2 Apr 2006 at 23:08

You only want to get the WPN111 if you have a Rangemax router, else it's wasted on you. Only get the WG111T if you have a 108mbps netgear router (e.g; DG834GT), otherwise its also wasted on you. If you don't have either of the above, get the normal 54Mbps WG111 job.

cleanbluesky · 3 Apr 2006 at 10:48

thank you firebar - you have just restored internet access to a friend of mine and put £25 directly into OcUKs coffers...

FirebarUK · 3 Apr 2006 at 11:26

No worries

encephalopathy · 3 Apr 2006 at 13:34

some of the wg111 don't support WPA encryption afaik (earlier ones)
the wg111t definitely does as i have one

nolimit · 3 Sep 2006 at 21:12

are these USB wireless adapters any good in terms of speed, reliability, coverage compared to the PCI card?

Klytus · 3 Sep 2006 at 21:21

I still have the WPN111 boxed up in my spare room. I used it once and had so many problems with it. It kept causing my pc to lock up, requiring me to switch the whole thing off at the plug. Asking on the netgear forums it seemed to be a fairly common problem. I tried all sorts of things to fix it but still had the problem. From my experience I would stay WELL away from the usb wpn111.

Mr Jones · 3 Sep 2006 at 22:24

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17622562

I'm not sure if it's because of my WG111 that's causing repeatative disconnection but it's annoying the crap out of me. Have to wait till I get my MacBook to rule out if it's the USB issue e.t.c.