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802.11n adapters that work under all 64-bit Windows

mxnerd

mxnerd

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Hi:

I'm searching a 802.11n adapter that has all 64-bit driver support from XP 64bit to server 2008 64bit.

Does anyone know any product that exist satisfying above requirement?

If there is no 802.11n product, I think I can settle for 802.11g product that have above drivers. Thanks.

 
There is No 802.11n there only Draft_N, because it is a draft that would change in the near future the manufacturers are careful to release hardware and software that sells fast so they would not get stuck when the standard comes out.
As a result the selection of devices id rather narrow.

As for 802.11g this card has a lot of drivers.

Edimax - PCI http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833315041

Driver/Utility for Windows 98SE/Me/2K/XP/XP 64/Vista/Vista 64

http://www.edimax.us/html/english/frames/b-download.htm


P.S. Edimax also have Draft_N that include a wide variety of drives as well, see on the same page.
 
What I prefer to do is use a relatively common "wireless router" having a wireless modem connected to a wired ethernet switch operating in 'client mode' or 'bridged mode' (i.e. WDS bridge). In such a mode you just connect your computers to the wireless router with WIRED ethernet links (which are almost always well supported by any OS version) and the wireless router itself (with no software / driver involvement on the part of the client PCs) is responsible for the wireless connection between itself and the main wireless router / access point.

You can purchase a fairly small variety of wireless router models that support client mode with their stock firmware. A larger subset of wireless routers available supports WDS bridge mode in their stock firmware. A still larger subset of devices do not support either with their normal / stock firmware, but are, in fact, capable of being reflashed to use DD-WRT or similar 3rd party firmware that supports client mode / bridge mode.

I find that even when 64 bit drivers are available for a wireless adapter, often the drivers are not particularly stable / robust and can lead to crashes or loss of service until a reboot is performed.

Also the wireless transceiver and its antennae are often of less capability in an adapter than they are in a wireless router, so there are often link distance and throughput benefits to adopting this solution.

The WRT54GL (the L being crucial) is pretty much the jellybean DD-WRT flashable router in the 802.11G category for this application. I'm not sure what the best draft-N router with full featured robust DD-WRT support is at the moment.

 
Thanks, Jack. But EDIMAX adapters does not have drivers for 64bit servers.

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Thanks Quick, I think maybe I should try you suggestion, since it's so hard to find adapters that support 2003 server 32bit, let alone 64bit.

Using a small router running in client mode might be the solution, and I'm already running dd-wrt v24 on Asus 500gp as WAN router.

best
 
You're welcome; good luck.
From the DD-WRT HCL page the ASUS WL500W and the Linksys WRT600N at least in some versions / revisions looked promising for 'N' routers that had some degree of support / compatibility listed. Doubtlessly you'd want to look into specific limitations / performance capabilities / stability reports / revision specific info. et. al. before buying.

There are some off the shelf 'gaming adapter' units from places like D-Link, Linksys, et. al. that are direct wired ethernet to wireless converters (some support Draft N) that basically work as client mode wired to wireless bridges. The idea is to use them for devices like playstation, XBOX, et. al. which have wired but no wireless LAN. I don't know how reliable they are when used for computer links, but in theory they OUGHT to work. I'd bank more on a good DD-WRT solution, personally, though.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833124279
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...833127256&Tpk=DAP-1522
http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833122219
et. al.

 
Servers are Not devices that are commonly connected to Wireless.

In away it is almost like defeating the idea of a server. I.e., Wireless limits the bandwidth, and it is less safe than wire.

However the Client Bridge idea is probably the solution.
 
Originally posted by: mxnerd
Thanks, Jack. But EDIMAX adapters does not have drivers for 64bit servers.

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Thanks Quick, I think maybe I should try you suggestion, since it's so hard to find adapters that support 2003 server 32bit, let alone 64bit.

Using a small router running in client mode might be the solution, and I'm already running dd-wrt v24 on Asus 500gp as WAN router.

best
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Because servers should not run on a wireless connection, that's why vendors don't care about 2k3/2k8 drivers. QuxoticOne has the best suggestion for what you want.
 
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