Using Wireless '802.11 Super G' in Windows Vista

baby_frogmella

Hi

At present i connect to broadband wirelessly using a Netgear DG834GT router. My desktop pc (running Vista Ultimate) is only a few metres away from the router and i connect using 802.11g (54mb/s) no problems at all. Now the DG834GT is also capable of giving up up to 108mb/s wireless speeds known as "Super G". So i'm thinking of buying a new wireless PCI adaptor for my desktop as my current one only supports 802.11g but the problem is Netgear's own PCI Super G adaptor (WG311T) does NOT support 108mbps speeds in Windows Vista...only up to 54mbs:

http://kbserver.netgear.com/release_notes/D103110.asp

However i came across D-Link's DWL-G520:
http://www.d-link.co.uk/?go=gNTyP9CgrdFOIC4AStFCF834mptYKO9ZTdvhLPG3yV3oUYl8h6ltbNlwaaFp6DQoHDrrziNK/IQJA9rl
which they say supports "Super G 108mb/s"...so does this mean that Netgear's and D-link's "Super G" technology is the same thing and these products are compatible?

As for getting up to 108mb/s speeds in Vista, i saw some Vista drivers for the dlink:
http://www.dlink.com/products/support.asp?pid=12&pv=40
do you think these would work?

Has anyone actually managed to get up to 108mb/s wireless speeds in Vista using other PCI cards?

Cheers

Conor_3

You need to use gear from the same manufacturer.

BillScarab

Why bother with Super G? The connection from your PC to the router is currently 54mb/s. The fastest internet access at the moment is 20mb/s with cable so moving to 108mb/s Super G will not improve anything. The only advantage is if you have several PCs in a LAN, then they would be able to talk to each other at 108mb/s, also I think the Super G devices have extended range but as you are only a few metres away that won't be an advantage either.

albertross_2

As Bill says, don't waste your money, it won't make surfing any faster.

Lorian

Aye Super-G is not so special, unless you are copying gigabytes of data over you wifi like doing backups etc.

The other thing about super-G is they way it uses multiple frequencies is not so neighbour friendly, and is way more susceptiable to co-channel interference than single channel operation.