drivers for old Zyxel wireless card

[marcplante]

I'm putting an old Zyxel wireless card NWD-370N into an oldish Windows 7 box, and I can't find windows 7 drivers for the card (it came out of a Vista box).

Every time I try to find a repository online, I end up with some driver tool that wants to fix 68 problems on my computer...etc.

Yes, I have some obsolete drivers on my PC, but it runs fine. Is there any sort of a generic 802.11N driver I can install that will get the Zyxel running? or do I need to go to Microcenter and drop $20 on a newer adapter?

thanks,

Marc

 

[JackMDS]

Did you try the Vista Drivers.

http://www.zyxel.com/us/en/DownloadLibraryFilter.shtml?c=us&l=en&mto=User_s_Guide%2CDeclaration%2CHardware_Installation_Guide%2CApplication_note%2C_G_Dongle_Document%2CDeployment_Guide%2CSoftware%2CTechnology_Brief%2CCLI_Reference_Guide%2CCertification%2CMIB_File%2CFirmware%2CDatasheet%2CQuick_Start_Guide%2CBrochure%2CSolution_Guide%2CApplication_Guide%2CDriver%2C&pname=NWD-370N&mtname=Driver&md=y&pid=20060704180324&tab=Driver&submit=Search

Or find which chipset is installed on the card, log to the OEM site and look for generic drivers.

Or buy from NewEgg a sub $10 new card, it will probably work better than a Pre-N card (which the Zyxel is).

 

[marcplante]

K. I'll run by micro center (local) and just grab an upgrade.

Thanks,

 

[Arcanedeath]

note your NWD-370N uses an Atheros XSPAN EWC Solution for it's chipset so if you try Atheros drivers you may have better luck.

 

[marcplante]

Thank you. There is a big zyxol sticker across the chipset, so you can't tell.

Marc

 

[JackMDS]

There is No Atheros XSPAN EWC chipset per-se.

However cards that are market as "Atheros XSPAN EWC" seems to use AR5008 chipset.

So try to Log to this page, scroll down and download the Win 7 drivers.

https://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wireless-drivers.html

That said, you can also try peeling the Zyxel sticker, it might be that the real Chipset info will reveal itsel.

 

[marcplante]

Thank you, Jack. I'll give those drivers a try and go after the sticker if needed. As old as the card is, I suspect the sticker will be brittle at best.

Marc