Netgear USB Wireless adapter prob with XP 64 Bit

Post by **Jeffers** » Sat Jun 06, 2009 6:59 pm

I've upgraded to an "n" wireless router as part of going over to cable for all my services. This involved installing the router in a different location to my old one meaning I'd have to go wireless on my desktop. No problem I think, and order up a Netgear USB adapter, model WN111v2. I'm running XP Pro 64 Bit on my desktop and I've now discovered that Netgear don't provide any compatible drivers. I've checked on their website and that's what they say "we don't support XP 64 bit operating systems". I think that's pretty poor. I don't want to go onto Vista 64, I'd rather wait for Windows 7. Does anybody know of any third party drivers that'll support the Netgear wireless adapter? Or do you know of a manufacturer of USB wireless adapters that support XP 64 bit? I've checked a couple and they don't seem to like XP 64 either...

Thanks in advance for any help, ta!

UBT - mickyb69 · Post by **UBT - mickyb69** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:29 pm

Couldnt find any myself m8, looked everywhere for about a week with no joy .... Good luck :shock:

I ended up getting a couple of mains lan thingymajigs .
http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keyw ... cw4hf6gl_b

Ben · Post by **Ben** » Sun Jun 07, 2009 10:59 pm

I highly recommend them. I use the "mains lan thingymajigs" :D (Nice terminology there Micky!) :lol: :lol:

Great reliable devices :!: