are all usb wireless dongles the same?

hotpot1000 · 25 February 2007 at 3:32AM

Hi
my bruv has telewest cabled broadband, t/west supplied router and 1 usb dongle for connection between 2 pc's.
Can I buy any old 2nd dongle to go with the above equipment or do I have to have exactly same make.
Ta very much

MercilessKiller · 25 February 2007 at 5:23AM

Any wireless laptop card, pci card or usb dongle should work!

hotpot1000 · 25 February 2007 at 5:19PM

thanx for that

ColourMeHappy · 25 February 2007 at 5:41PM

I've generally found that USB wireless adapters to be very blue screen prone.
I had a belkin one. Crashed like crazy (even with current drivers)
I have a 3com one. No blue screens but the PC (a different one) freezes.

I've tried something different recently

Belkin Wireless G Gaming adapter. Connects to the standard Networking port (if you have one) and uses USB only to provide power.

Instead of at least one crash a day I've two weeks of uninterupted computer use. Touch wood.

Hope this helps

CMH

Browntoa · 25 February 2007 at 5:46PM

the only way you can generate the code to connect to Telewests wireless router is by using their software that came with the wireless adapter , you need either a repalcement of the same make/model or get yourself a bundle with a router and usb dongle (telewest "lock" their routers, not found a way yet to get into their admin panel)