So my old Linksys wireless router kept crapping out at home, so I got a Belkin...I didn't feel like getting another Linksys and Belkin is what Circuit City had plenty of.

Seems to be working fine, hasn't died on me or anything, but my sister has a Linksys USB wireless adapter for her PC, and now it appears to have crapped out. WTF. I don't know if it's because it can't communicate with the router or it really has screwed up. It just says "disconnected" under Wireless Connection in Windows XP, as if it's unplugged or something, I don't know.

I've tried disabling and re-enabling it, maybe I didn't set up the wireless network properly...but I don't care, it's just an open network currently...it should at least be able to detect it...but Windows says the adapter is simply disconnected.

So IF I can't get it to work, I'm gonna buy a PCI card, and apparently Belkin's selection of cards and USB adapters kinda suck. Like, I'm afraid to buy them...so I'm thinking of D-Link or maybe another Linksys. Will these work with my router? I feel stupid, but I know mixing brands of routers and adapters doesn't work sometimes...

I was thinking of getting this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833127080

Also WTF my new router is CUTTING ME OUT OF BRAWL GAMES! It's dying every few minutes...

^Well, in general Belkin isn't usually a top notch brand...

I see that now.

Damnit.

Apparently my model of router (the most common G model I'm assuming) likes to overheat when running a lot of stuff at once, like games. Well that's just great. Now I have to go back, return this stupid thing, and buy a Linksys...which also died on me, though that took a couple years, not less than an hour.

Belkin can be good or bad.  I've known some who have had horrible luck with them and some who have had great luck with them.  Buying a Belkin is a gamble.  Feeling lucky?

D-Stink (D-Link) is almost always bad.  The firmware always sucks resulting in speed lose, drops, and in worse cases a freakish load of hardware interrupts.  Avoid at all costs.

Linksys is usually fairly reliable.  2 years is a little short for a router's lifespan though.

Unless you're really set on a certain brand/card or you have a lot of time to research models, I'd suggest going with another Linksys.  

Also, you generally don't have to worry about compatibility.  A wireless signal is a wireless signal.  ^_^

I guess I'll return it and get another Linksys...

My linksys is very reliable. I had it for 3 years no problems. I recommend getting another linksys.

Yeah, recommendations are hard to accept when I've been dealing with my crappy Linksys for the past week...not to mention it seemed pretty spotty for like...a month.

But there's not much of a better option...I guess I'll pick up the WRT54GL instead of the WRT54G, because that's what I had before, and I'd at least like SOME hope that it won't just die on me again.

That's odd, I used a D-Link for years in college with no problems.

The last few months have been hell though using SBC's crappy 2wire router.