[TerryNet]

There are no drivers for routers, so when somebody starts talking about a router driver be very skeptical about what they say.

Vista drivers have been difficult to get right and wireless adapter drivers seem to have been more difficult than other drivers in all OSes. And 64-bit drivers have been having even more difficulties.

And (my observations, not data) most of the 'Vista not compatible with wireless router' complaints have been with old routers, use of WEP, and (surprisingly) with Linksys routers.

[kkswan]

Hmm...... does this mean I have to choose the correct wireless adapter driver for this machine? This machine is relatively new (1 mth old), where can I find the drivers for it? I have been to Sony websites and there are no drivers update/patch for it.
Hmm.... does this mean I would have to change my wireless router to suit my machine if my router is categorise in the older routers group (which I have no idea).
Wonder which is the best solution. Any advise?

[dsruix]

try borrowing a linksys wireless adapter from a friend or something and trying with that instead of your sony. Apparently, linksys has a problem with adapters from other brands when running with Vista.

[JohnWill]

This is marked solved, can you tell us what the solution was?

[dsruix]

I did...I stopped using my d-link adapter and started using a linksys adapter and I haven't had any problems since... apparently, Linksys isn't very friendly with other brands, and supposedly, it's worse and more apparent on Vista...

[kkswan]

Hey Guys! Looks like dsruix is rite ... Hv replace my Linksys with a 3Com and everything works fine. Looks like Linksys is really not that user friendly especially towards Vista 64bit machine .....
Anyway, thanks for all the help guys !!!

[JohnWill]

Most likely a driver issue for Vista, that's not uncommon for a lot of hardware.