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Anyone know a good wireless adapter that works with Win7 64?
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I can't seem to find one and I'm tired of exchanging them. I'm using a Netgear WNDR 3700 for the router.
All the wireless adapters I have tried haven't worked. I get strong signals but the connection drops a lot of packets and I can barely stream anything without lots of interruptions and low quality. Online gaming is a mess. The PS3 and Xbox work just fine without issue. I just can't find one that works with my computer. Some research seems to indicate that a lot of these don't have very good drivers for Windows 7 64 bit.
All the wireless adapters I have tried haven't worked. I get strong signals but the connection drops a lot of packets and I can barely stream anything without lots of interruptions and low quality. Online gaming is a mess. The PS3 and Xbox work just fine without issue. I just can't find one that works with my computer. Some research seems to indicate that a lot of these don't have very good drivers for Windows 7 64 bit.
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http://www.amazon.com/TP-Link-TL-WN722N-150Mbps-Wireless-Adapter/dp/B002WBX9C6/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1325481196&sr=8-1
I'll give that one a try. Thanks.
keep in mind that wireless signals are a pain, and a lot of things can interfere with them. what's the distance between your machine and the router? got any other wireless type devices nearby? cordless phones? microwaves?
have you tried something like this?: http://www.instructables.com/id/DIY-WIFI-Antenna-Reception-Booster/
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It's not the reception as far as I can tell. The signal is very strong and I get good ping for the most part. But if I try to load several webpages or download something from youtube or the like it just seizes up and starts dropping packets and the ping goes into the stratosphere and everything gets slow. I expect some higher pings obviously when downloading but not like what it's doing now. When I had the router wired directly to the computer it never came anywhere close to what it's doing now.
What's really weird is when I do speedtests the upload is often the same or faster than the download. This doesn't happen when wired. I even tested my phone via wifi and it downloads faster than the computer does.
Now the only thing that screws up my wireless is physical impediments, like all the concrete in my apartment complex.
I never finish anyth
Airport extreme for the router 2 rooms away and windows says I'm at 300mbit almost all the time.
I'm also using the WiFi Analyzer to see if there are other networks stepping on my bandwidth. It's free for the most part but there is one network that seems to pop in from time to time. I guess all I need to do is switch the channel? If I do that will I need to restart the other wireless connections, or will they switch on their own?
On a side note: I don't think I ever felt more like I was in a scifi movie than when I was using my phone with the WiFi Analyzer and looking at the "energy" readings.
I personally settled for a noname wireless receiver with realtek chip, because every stick I tried appeared to be equal in performance. Depending where your router is situated, I would suggest, to use a stick with an external antenna.