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    Belkin G Desktop Card

    Discussion in 'Networking and Wireless' started by wackydude1234, Aug 29, 2008.

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    wackydude1234 Notebook Evangelist

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    I bought this today but every 5 mins or so it disconnects... i switched the ariel with my routers and now it keeps connected for about 20 mins still annoying..
    anyone know of a fix, my laptop works fine up here.
     
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    Arrrr, Belkin is not good, you should have done the research here before to buy it.
     
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    mm lol, guess i should have, you think pcworld would let me swap it for another?
     
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    Why not? Ask them.
     
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    if they do what do you recommend i get instead
     
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    Intel all the way, they 5300 is sublime.
     
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    Depends on if they have that specific one xD
     
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    Intel 4965AGN is good too. I have heard bad review for the 5100.
     
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    hmm they don't sell intel, how's dlink? my router is dlink
     
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    Perfect, D-Link is very good too and it will match the WiFi chipset (Atheros) with the router, which will give you an excellent throughput, go for it.
     
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    lol the shop was out of stock heh, they recommended a usb 2.0 adapter i went with the netgear rangemax £39.99 does the job perfect.
     
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    Great, enjoy it.
     
    Wirelessman, Aug 29, 2008
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