I need a vista compatable wireless pci card..help

[martian1]

I have a netgear router but want to put a pci wireless card in my hcpc..reception untried but it has a few walls to get through any ideas what card [cheapish] would be suitable.
Thanks

 

[hanx3]

have you considered usb wireless card?

 

[Calpolaholic]

have you considered usb wireless card?

to be honest if the OP has the choice of PCI or USB then I would take PCI. Generally you will get faster performance and a better aerial for boosting the reception. I think Broadbandbuyer has a decent selection and some reviews.

 

[beerhunter]

to be honest if the OP has the choice of PCI or USB then I would take PCI. Generally you will get faster performance and a better aerial for boosting the reception. I think Broadbandbuyer has a decent selection and some reviews.

Absolutely. Only use USB as a last resort. No idea why it was suggested.

You can get PCI cards for about a tenner these days.

 

[martian1]

Thanks for your kind suggestions..i got a card off a friend to try it does work but reception is pretty poor and i cannot enable WPA security only WEP think its the cards age.
Any suggestions welcome i want to keep it under £20 if possible hopefully the newer cards will enable WPA and might be faster with better reception i will have a look then put my choices on here..hopefully you can help me decide.There's tons of the things

 

[martian1]

Ok these cards seem to fit the bill..which is best is another thing i don't know if i should chance it and get a couple of new antenna could this make a differance my signal strength is poor to fair but it hasn't lost signal.

This is my router all the different formats and features are confusing no point in getting a pci card that is above spec of router i would have thought.

Wireless Broadband Routers: DG834GT

Cards and antenna



D-Link DWL-50AT 5dBi Omni Dipole Antenna

Linksys WMP54GS Wireless PCI Card with SpeedBooster - Ebuyer

Scan Computers UK: Dlink DWL-G510 54Mbps Wireless PCI Adapter

Scan Computers UK: Netgear WG311GE PCI NIC/ENet 11g 54Mbps Wireless PCI Card

Any opinions anyone own one of these cards are they suitable ?

Thanks all