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Need to find a wireless adapter for Inspiron 530 with Vista 64 bit
I just bought my wife a new Dell Inspiron 530 with Windows Vista SP1 Home Premium 64-Bit OS. When I was building it I only saw choices for adding routers, none for adapter cards, so I figured I would use one I had here already. However, whe I tried to install it I discover that it doesn't work with Vista 64. I've been googling around and have found very few good answers to my question. Does anyone know what wireless g adapter cards will work with my Dell? Thanks, Dale.
jackshack
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March 29th, 2009 23:00
When you were searching did you find this one? D-Link WDA 2320. It works ok on my daughter's 530s, but she is only running 32 bit Vista. You would need to check their site to see if they have a driver for 64-bit Vista.
dawoody
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March 30th, 2009 22:00
No. Today I called Best Buy and talked to the Geeks and then went in and bought a Linksys RangePlus Wireless USB Adapter, Model WUSB100. When I got home I spent about 5-10 minutes installing it and it works perfectly!! Wow! It costs more than a couple other options there at the store but I have liked Linksys products before and they don't disappoint now.
Davet50
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April 10th, 2009 09:00
You need to have an ISP unless you are going to be at hotspots all the time. And then most are still on the G spec of 54mbps.
Scottswager
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April 10th, 2009 09:00
Great, I am planning on doing the same. Is there a monthly service plan and do you need an ISP? Or do you get connected to the internet for fee?
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April 19th, 2018 04:00
Thank you for this post! It's now 2018 and I am still operating with my Inspiron 530, hate replacing non-broken things, haha. I found the Linksys RangePlus Wireless USB Adapter, Model WUSB100, on Ebay for $33 and it works great!! Super simple to set up and now my computer isn't married to locations where there is a cable outlet.