Netgear WG511T 108mbps wifi card

Netgear WG511T 108mbps wifi card

Netgear gave us the 108mbps router and at the same time released the WG511T PCI card which is so fast it wears its underpants on the outside superman style, put simply this is the fastest wifi card on the market to date giving a blistering 108mbps between enabled cards and routers.

The new super GTM standard means you can finally use a wireless network to stream video with jerky pictures or stalls and splutters and as the higher speed element tails off with the distance from the router or with a poor quality signal the new dynamic rate shifting technology will select the optimum standard / settings for the connection to give you the fastest most robust connection at all times. Another plus is that the WG511T includes sections of the forthcoming 802.11e standards specifically those supporting streaming media services.

The Netgear WG511T 108mbps Wifi card also benefits from Netgear's excellence in wifi design over the past decade, it is backwardly compatible with both 802.11b and the 43mbps 802.11g standard and the new design antenna gives greater range on these older standards as LP was able to prove with his laptop which will work in the garden with the WG511T which means 50ft through 4 walls.

Encryption employs the WEP protocol at 128 bit and this can also be upgraded in firmware to the Windows XP supported WiFi protected access (WPA) ensuring your wireless data transmission are not eavesdropped and that your valuable bandwidth is not stolen by someone nearby connecting to your network.

Netgear are always striving to make operation of wifi networks available to a less technical audience, after all its not just techies that want to use a laptop in the garden or stream MP3 around the house but the barrier to entry can be a big one, knowledge. With the latest generation of wifi product from Netgear we get install wizards which do more than just install the drivers they also add you card to an existing network and can help you set up the security features.

Priced at around £50 the Netgear WG511T 108mbps wifi card is a bit more than some of the 802.11g cards on the market but not by much and by investing in Super GTM technology you can future proof your Laptop and still use it with any other wifi standard networks you encounter.