SirRedwind said:hendrixjoe said:I'm not the smartest when it comes to routers but a beginner question if you don't mind.

I don't understand what the n-notebook adapter is good for? Is it used incase your computer doesn't support an n-router? And if your computer does support a n-router, do you need the n-notebook adapter?

First of all, in case you don't know there are different types of wireless networks. To avoid complicating things, let's say simply a N-Wireless network is better than G (pretty much the standard today). If your notebook is capable of connecting to a N network, this adapter is useless for you, but if your computer has only A, B or G capability then you need the adapter in order to connect to this router using N network. Does this make sense?

From the spec above:
4 x 10/100M ports

If I only use the wired network, will I get any benefits since my current router has these 100M ports?

il38694 said:SirRedwind said:hendrixjoe said:

If I only use the wired network, will I get any benefits since my current router has these 100M ports?
No

sam19777 said:Actually this is not that HOT since the rounter you could get it on EB for $35(shipped) and the card is about $16. The price at Newegg after tax is already $43.7. Only $7 saving. If considered the Bing.com CashBack and EB cash the saving is less than $3.

Newegg only charges sales tax for residents of California, New Jersey, and Tennessee. Most will not pay any sales tax.
Current $35 routers on eBay are used or open box and will not have the Newegg's great customer service or the manufacturer's 1 year warranty.

clock37 said:I purchased one of these a month or so ago and wound up returning it. It functioned adequately as far as allowing internet access and transferring files between computers, but the configuration pages on the router itself took forever (2-3 minutes) to load. I was unable to isolate the problem...any ideas?

Did you try to update the firmware? I believe I have read about others having similar problems that resolved after installing up-to-date firmware.

Draft N is on 10.0. Draft N should be done late this Year.
But then there are always be better N products after the Final N passes.

nneelix said:DaddyCulver said:Can you hook up a wireless printer to this router?

Yes.

What do you look for in the specs/description? How can you tell if a wireless router will support a wireless printer, or is it that all wireless routers support this.
BTW-I have a HP Photosmart C8180.

5GHz gear has far less range (high frequencies can't pass through solid objects e.g. walls easily). I'd rather deal with the interference of 2.4GHz than have the abysmally short range of 5GHz. Plus 802.11n is more robust against noise and has provisions for automatic channel selection to avoid interference.

not to discourage anyone but i recently purchased one of these routers and ran into my internet ip provider not being up to the "N" technology. my internet connection kept turning on and off pretty regularly. 4 tech's later we finally figure out it was my new router. seems time warner isn't up to the new stuff yet, modem's are still behind the times. had to go back to my old "G" router for now.

Anybody get this router to work with Vista?

It won't work with the Vista.