Then yes, you made a good choice. The Draft N wireless card only works how it should and you can only achieve the max data rates with these three routers...

NETGEAR WNR834B
Linksys® WRT300N
Buffalo™ WZR-G300N

I have the same wireless card as you in my laptop. And plan on getting the Linksys WRT300N. I've always been partial to Linksys.


-Tony

Since your laptop probably doesn't have a wireless-N adapter in it. I'd advise returning that router and buying a wireless-G router which will save you about $50 unless you do have a wireless-N capable adapter. Most laptops have a wireless-B/G card built inside them since wireless-N is too new. Your adapter inside your laptop COULD STILL run using the router you bought but it would be pointless having that router without a compatible wireless adapter since you're gonna get the same speeds using that router and using a wireless-G router.


-Tony

If you only surf and download music, to be honest, you don't need wireless-N. You will only really notice a small difference from wireless-G to wireless-N in surfing and downloading music. But, to answer your question, wireless-N routers ARE compatible with wireless-B/G cards. They will run at 54.0mbps (wireless-G), 11.0mbps (wireless-B). Your wife will be able to get online fine. If you were to get a wireless-N adapter it would run at around 270.0mbps which is really unnecessary.


-Tony