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"Don't bother if you have Vista..."
Pros: This unit works great with XP and I have not had an issue on my two XP Home PCs
Cons: Allthough Netgears own website lists this on their Vista compatible list IT IS NOT.
Summary: I have an entire home/home biz network built on Netgears products and checked out their site to see if purchasing an adaptor for my new PC loaded with Vista Home Premium would work. It indicated that they had a working driver for the WG111 but it was still considered BETA. I was not happy after buying it and having my new pc crash repeatedly when trying to install driver from them. So I decided to check it out online a bit more which never occured to me to do beforehand because I already had two that I liked and also checked their site for Vista compatibility. There are loads of really upset customers because they are now in the same boat as I am and Netgear will not say when or even IF working drivers will be produced. I will never buy anything from them again. FIrst they should have this issue solved by now Vista has been in circulation for a while now. Second, why couldn't they post HONEST info and say they are not ready and to check back? I could respect that and would have given them another chance in the future.
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The Netgear driver works fine on Vista
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I had the same problems with Vista home edition I could not get the WG111T usb wireless adapter to work.. I would install it and it would work until the next reboot and then it would stop working for good. I would reinstall the driver and Netgear wireless utility and it worked (until I rebooted again). I borrowed a WG111v2 from a friend installed it and it's been working fine. There seems to be a compatibility problem with the WG111T and Vista so use the WG111v2 even though you won't get the extra speed of the T
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