Will 802.11b Adapter Work with 802.11g Router?
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Posted by phil6666 on August 1, 2007, 6:59 pm
Please log in for more thread options Long story short- Had a Netgear Wireless Router MR814v2 (802.11b) hooked to a VISTA PC and it worked fine with an XP PC using a Netgear MA101 (802.11b) adapter. Bought a new laptop with VISTA which wouldn't connect with the Netgear Wireless Router MR814v2 since this router's not VISTA compatible. Just got a Belkin F5D7230-4 (802.11g) router and the laptop works fine. Now my XP PC with a Netgear MA101 (802.11b) adapter recognizes the Belkin router, but won't connect. (firewall is off) Security set to NONE on router. Is this a compatibility issue between a 802.11b adapter and a 802.11g router? Is this a compatibility issue between a Netgear adapter and a Belkin router? Am I just doing something wrong???? thnx | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on August 1, 2007, 7:28 pm
Please log in for more thread options Nope. Vista is not router compatible. See: "Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers" <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233>
You might check if there's a firmware update to your routers as this
problem was "solved" by the router manufactures, since it's beneath Microsoft's dignity to admit that they screwed up. -- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Eric on August 1, 2007, 8:05 pm
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>>Bought a new laptop with VISTA which wouldn't connect with the Netgear
>>Wireless Router MR814v2 since this router's not VISTA compatible. >
> Nope. Vista is not router compatible. See: > "Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or > from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers" > <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233> > You might check if there's a firmware update to your routers as this > problem was "solved" by the router manufactures, since it's beneath > Microsoft's dignity to admit that they screwed up. > I guess Microsoft didn't get the memo about how DHCP should just be a simple standard and not rocket surgery.... | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by phil6666 on August 1, 2007, 8:41 pm
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OK...now I'm even more confused!! I already replaced the non-VISTA compatible Netgear router with a VISTA compatible Belkin! As I said earlier: >Had a Netgear Wireless Router MR814v2 (802.11b) hooked to a VISTA PC
>and it worked fine with an XP PC using a Netgear MA101 (802.11b) >adapter. >Bought a new laptop with VISTA which wouldn't connect with the Netgear
>Wireless Router MR814v2 since this router's not VISTA compatible. >I just got a VISTA compatible Belkin F5D7230-4 (802.11g) router and the laptop
works fine.
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>Now my XP PC with a Netgear MA101 (802.11b) adapter recognizes the >Belkin router, but won't connect. (firewall is off) > >Security set to NONE on router. Are you guys saying my XP PC with a Netgear MA101 (802.11b) adapter won't work with my VISTA PC/Belkin VISTA compatible router???? That's my guess, but I didn't think that would be an issue. thnx wrote: >
>>Bought a new laptop with VISTA which wouldn't connect with the Netgear
>>Wireless Router MR814v2 since this router's not VISTA compatible. >
>Nope. Vista is not router compatible. See: >"Windows Vista cannot obtain an IP address from certain routers or >from certain non-Microsoft DHCP servers" ><http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233> >You might check if there's a firmware update to your routers as this >problem was "solved" by the router manufactures, since it's beneath >Microsoft's dignity to admit that they screwed up. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Jeff Liebermann on August 2, 2007, 12:23 am
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>OK...now I'm even more confused!!
That's because you have presented two issues. - 802.11b client with 802.11g router. - Vista compatibility. >I already replaced the non-VISTA compatible Netgear router with a
>VISTA compatible Belkin! There's no such thing as "Vista compatible". There's the lame Microsoft DHCP glitch, which is easily fixed, but everything else is the same with XP and Vista. My guess is that "Vista compatible" is a sales gimick. >Are you guys saying my XP PC with a Netgear MA101 (802.11b) adapter
>won't work with my VISTA PC/Belkin VISTA compatible router???? - Your XP PC with whatever you own, will work with either the Netgear or Belkin routers. - Your Vista PC will not get a DHCP assigned IP address unless this was fixed in the firmware of either router, *OR* you apply the fix I mentioned. <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928233>
However, I suggest that you consider getting something better and faster than the Netgear MA101. 802.11b only clients tend to slow everything down on a wireless network. It's not just that the 802.11b devices are slow, it's that they hog so much airtime that the 802.11g devices have little time left to move their traffic. I wrote something on the topic recently: <http://groups.google.com/group/alt.internet.wireless/msg/5f4025e60ba4c135>
-- Jeff Liebermann jeffl@cruzio.com 150 Felker St #D http://www.LearnByDestroying.com Santa Cruz CA 95060 http://802.11junk.com Skype: JeffLiebermann AE6KS 831-336-2558 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
>Wireless Router MR814v2 since this router's not VISTA compatible.